Pocket Museum: Ancient Greece - Softcover

Smith, David Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 050029349X ISBN 13: 9780500293492

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2017

Synopsis

A vast collection of significant works of art from the whole of ancient Greek civilization and a range of museums, gathered in one handy, pocket-sized guide

The numerous treasures of ancient Greece are scattered all over the world, impossible to view in the context of fellow objects, or in some cases impossible to see at all, without visiting institutions across the globe. This magnificently illustrated book presents more than 200 objects currently housed in public collections around the world that offer both context and immediacy to the rich culture of ancient Greece. From the bifacial hand tools of the Lower Palaeolithic to the Hellenistic Great Altar of Pergamon,the artifacts presented here reveal a complex sociocultural history of shifting priorities, spiritual beliefs, and cultural traditions. Objects from across the Greek world, valued in life and in death, reflect the transmission of shared ideals across vast distances through relationships maintained for centuries at a time.

Pocket Museum: Ancient Greece also offers an insight into the history of collecting and methods of interpretation, examining how the perception of objects has changed over time. Beautifully illustrated with photographs of each featured artifact, this is an absorbing introduction to a culture that has exerted an unparalleled influence on Western civilization.

250 color illustrations

About this title

About the Author:

David Michael Smith holds a doctorate in Greek prehistory from the University of Liverpool. He has taught widely on Aegean and Greek archaeology and material culture, and has extensive excavation experience on mainland Greece and the Cycladic archipelago on sites ranging in date from the Neolithic to the Byzantine period. He is a member of the British School at Athens and a regular contributor to Archaeological Reports.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 050029349X
• ISBN 13: 9780500293492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288