Table Of ContentA History of
Greek
Art
A History of
Greek
Art
MArk D. StAnSbury-O’DOnnell
This edition first published 2015
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Stansbury-O’Donnell, Mark, 1956– author.
A history of Greek art / Mark D. Stansbury-O’Donnell.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4443-5014-2 (cloth) – ISBN 978-1-4443-5015-9 (pbk.) 1. Art, Greek.
2. Art and society – Greece – History – To 1500. I. Title.
N5630.S734 2015
709.38–dc23
2014018396
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Cover image: Detail of mosaic from House of Dionysos, Delos, c. 166-100 bce.
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Brief Contents
1 introduCtion and issues in the history of Greek art 1
2 the early and Middle Bronze aGes c. 3100–1600 bce 19
3 the late Bronze aGe ii–iii (c. 1600–1075 bce) 48
4 the suB-MyCenaean, ProtoGeoMetriC, and GeoMetriC
Periods (c. 1075–700 bce) 68
5 Contexts i: CiviC, doMestiC, and funerary 97
6 the seventh Century (c. 725/700–625/600 bce) 130
7 Contexts ii: sanCtuaries and arChiteCture 152
8 the sixth Century (c. 625/600–480 bce) 179
9 narrative 209
10 the fifth Century (c. 480–400 bce) 235
11 the ProduCtion of Greek art and its Markets 265
12 the fourth Century to c. 330 bce 286
13 identity 319
14 the hellenistiC Period c. 330–30 bce 341
15 ePiloGue 380
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Contents
Illustrations xiii
Acknowledgments xxi
Timeline xxiii
About the Website xxvii
Maps xxviii
1 introduCtion and issues in the
history of Greek art 1
An Alternative Mini-History of Greek Art 6
Some Questions to Consider for this Book 10
The Plan of this Book 15
A Few Notes About Using this Book 16
Textbox: Stylistic Analysis and Sir John Beazley 17
References 18
Further Reading 18
2 the early and Middle Bronze aGes
c. 3100–1600 bce 19
Timeline 20
Chronology, Regions, Periods, and Pottery Analysis 21
Early Cycladic and Minoan Periods, c. 3100–2000 bce 24
Early to Middle Helladic (c. 3100–1675 bce) 27
Protopalatial and Neopalatial Crete 32
The Cyclades 39
Middle Helladic to the Late Helladic I Shaft Graves 43
Textbox: The Eruption of Thera and Debates over Absolute Chronology 46
References 47
Further Reading 47
3 the late Bronze aGe ii–iii (c. 1600–1075 bce) 48
Timeline 49
Late Minoan (LM II to LM III) 51
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