Exploring the Life, Myth, and Art of Ancient Greece

Exploring the Life, Myth, and Art of Ancient Greece
Author: Emma J. Stafford
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2011-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1448848342

Presents an introduction to ancient Greek civilization, discussing its history, politics, art, religion, literature, philosophy, military, gods, and heroes.

Ancient China : life, myth and art

Ancient China : life, myth and art
Author: Edward L. Shaughnessy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2006
Genre: China
ISBN: 9780760780558

Even today the economic powerhouse of modern China takes strength and nourishment from its legacy of antiquity. Ancient China illuminates this venerable heritage with unprecedented scholarship and vividness.

Exploring the Life, Myth, and Art of Ancient Rome

Exploring the Life, Myth, and Art of Ancient Rome
Author: Tony Allan
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2011-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1448848350

Presents an introduction to the ancient civilization of Rome, discussing its history, politics, military conquests, art, religion, literature, everyday life, and gods and goddesses.

Exploring the Life, Myth, and Art of the Maya

Exploring the Life, Myth, and Art of the Maya
Author: Timothy Laughton
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2011-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1448848326

Presents an introduction to Mayan civilization, discussing its history, politics, art, religion, literature, philosophy, military, gods, and heroes.

Life, Myth, and Art in Ancient Greece

Life, Myth, and Art in Ancient Greece
Author: Emma Stafford
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780892367733

"Ancient Greece is one of the wellsprings of Western civilization. It transformed and has continued to refresh our architecture, drama, literature, art, philosophy, and politics. Life, Myth, and Art in Ancient Greece is a richly illustrated guide to this heritage and to its roots in the beliefs, rituals, and artistic achievements of an extraordinary culture." "This book covers themes that have long inspired the imagination, including myths of the gods and goddesses who intervened in-human affairs ; the voyages and conflicts of the heroes, from Herakles to Odysseus ; the many columned temples that studded the Greek empire from Athens to Sicily and Asia Minor ; the Dionysian rites of revelry and inebriation ; the Eleusinian mysteries, so secret that even today we can only speculate about what they involved ; major sites such as the Acropolis and the complex formed around the oracle at Delphi ; and the original Olympic games."

Gods and Robots

Gods and Robots
Author: Adrienne Mayor
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2020-04-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691202265

Traces the story of how ancient cultures envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices and human enhancements, sharing insights into how the mythologies of the past related to and shaped ancient machine innovations.

Discovering Ancient Greece

Discovering Ancient Greece
Author: Kathryn Morgan
Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1622758331

It would be difficult to decide if the ancient Greeks are best known for their literature or mythology, for their philosophy or their government. On all fronts, ancient Greece paved the way for civilizations to come, making momentous contributions to humanity unmatched by other societies. This authoritative, upper elementary volume covers all aspects of Greek society, including daily life, deities and legends, and the political systems of Greek city-states. Important writers and thinkers receive equal treatment, with profiles of Sophocles, Plato, and Homer presented, among others—all amounting to an exploration sure to inspire awe of the might of ancient Greece.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
Author: E. M. Berens
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2021-08-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

"Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome " is a comprehensive mythology collection, presenting all the major and minor gods of Rome and Greece, with descriptions of festivals and retellings of major mythological stories. The author, thoroughly details each Greek and Roman god, goddess, hero, demi-god and creature and gives the reader a clear and succinct idea of the religious beliefs of the ancients. An exceptional book for those interested in Greek or Roman mythology.

Image and Myth

Image and Myth
Author: Luca Giuliani
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2013-09-11
Genre: Art
ISBN: 022602590X

On museum visits, we pass by beautiful, well-preserved vases from ancient Greece—but how often do we understand what the images on them depict? In Image and Myth, Luca Giuliani tells the stories behind the pictures, exploring how artists of antiquity had to determine which motifs or historical and mythic events to use to tell an underlying story while also keeping in mind the tastes and expectations of paying clients. Covering the range of Greek style and its growth between the early Archaic and Hellenistic periods, Giuliani describes the intellectual, social, and artistic contexts in which the images were created. He reveals that developments in Greek vase painting were driven as much by the times as they were by tradition—the better-known the story, the less leeway the artists had in interpreting it. As literary culture transformed from an oral tradition, in which stories were always in flux, to the stability of written texts, the images produced by artists eventually became nothing more than illustrations of canonical works. At once a work of cultural and art history, Image and Myth builds a new way of understanding the visual culture of ancient Greece.

Art and Myth in Ancient Greece

Art and Myth in Ancient Greece
Author: Thomas H Carpenter
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0500204543

An essential visual handbook for anyone interested in Greek myth written by T. H. Carpenter, one of the world’s leading experts on myth in ancient art. The ancient Greeks recorded their mythology on vase paintings, engraved gems, and bronze and stone sculptures, offering depictions that often predate any references to the myths in literature or recount alternative, unfamiliar versions of these tales. In some cases, visual art provides our only evidence of these myths, as there are no surviving accounts in ancient Greek literature of stories such as the Fall of Troy or Theseus and the Minotaur. Art and Myth in Ancient Greece is a comprehensive survey of myth as it appears in Greek art. This classic volume has been updated with text and full-color images of more than three hundred scenes from Greek sculptures, vases, and gems. Aiding in the identification of mythological scenes and explaining chronological developments in style and subject matter, this book is an essential reference for anyone interested in the art, drama, poetry, or religion of ancient Greece.