Cloth, ix, 159 pages, illustrations; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. *** "Much of the sculpture created in ancient Greece that has survived is funerary in nature. These markers commemorating the dead were traditionally placed along roads near the entrances to cities, where they could be seen by all. Although the monuments vary greatly in style, quality, and elaboration, they reach across the millennia speaking the universal language of human grief. This illustrated catalogue presents fifty-nine Greek funerary monuments in the Antiquities collection of the Getty Museum. Spanning the Classical and Hellenistic periods, this collection offers new insight into Greek art and society that will be of interest to both scholars and the general public. / Janet Burnett Grossman is Assistant Curator of Antiquities at the Getty Museum." - Publisher. Size: 4to. N� de ref. del art�culo 071070

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T�tulo: Greek Funerary Sculpture: Catalogue of the ...

Editorial: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

A�o de publicaci�n: 2002

Encuadernaci�n: Hardcover

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Edici�n: 1st.

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Much of the sculpture created in ancient Greece that has survived is funerary in nature. These markers commemorating the dead were traditionally placed along roads near the entrances to cities, where they could be seen by all. Although the monuments vary greatly in style, quality and elaboration, they reach across the millennia speaking the universal language of human grief. This illustrated catalogue presents fifty-nine Greek funerary monuments in the Antiquities collection of the Getty Museum. Spanning the Classical and Hellenistic periods, this collection offers new insight into Greek art and society that will be of interest to both scholars and the general public.

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Janet Burnett Grossman is assistant curator of antiquities at the Getty Museum

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