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Rachel Kousser - The Afterlives of Greek Sculpture: Interaction, Transformation, and Destruction - 9781107040724 - V9781107040724
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The Afterlives of Greek Sculpture: Interaction, Transformation, and Destruction

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Description for The Afterlives of Greek Sculpture: Interaction, Transformation, and Destruction hardcover. This study is the first comprehensive historical account of the afterlives of ancient Greek monumental sculptures. Num Pages: 326 pages, 92 b/w illus. 14 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 870.
The Afterlives of Greek Sculpture is the first comprehensive, historical account of the afterlives of ancient Greek monumental sculptures. Whereas scholars have traditionally focused on the creation of these works, Rachel Kousser instead draws on archaeological and textual sources to analyze the later histories of these sculptures, reconstructing the processes of damage and reparation that characterized the lives of Greek images. Using an approach informed by anthropology and iconoclasm studies, Kousser describes how damage to sculptures took place within a broader cultural context. She also tracks the development of an anti-iconoclastic discourse in Hellenic society from the Persian wars to ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107040724
SKU
V9781107040724
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About Rachel Kousser
Rachel Kousser is Professor and Executive Officer of Art History at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She was educated at Yale University, Connecticut and at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, where she received her PhD in Greek and Roman art history. She has received fellowships from the Getty Research Institute, the National Endowment for ... Read more

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