Minoan And Mycenaean Art
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work in art history, Minoan and Mycenaean Art presents a sweeping survey of the visual culture that flourished in the Aegean Bronze Age, roughly 3000–1100 BC. Reynold Higgins, a distinguished authority on ancient Greek and Aegean art, guides readers through the magnificent achievements of the Minoan civilisation of Crete and the Mycenaean culture of mainland Greece, illuminating their painting, sculpture, pottery, jewellery, and architecture with scholarly precision. Drawing on a rich selection of 241 plates — 54 in full colour — the book argues that these two interconnected cultures laid the artistic foundations for the later classical Greek world. Written with clarity and authority, it remains an essential reference for students, scholars, and enthusiasts of ancient Mediterranean civilisations, illustrating how myth, ritual, and daily life were rendered in extraordinary artistic form.
Author: Reynold Higgins
Format: Paperback
Published: 1967, Thames and Hudson
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work in art history, Minoan and Mycenaean Art presents a sweeping survey of the visual culture that flourished in the Aegean Bronze Age, roughly 3000–1100 BC. Reynold Higgins, a distinguished authority on ancient Greek and Aegean art, guides readers through the magnificent achievements of the Minoan civilisation of Crete and the Mycenaean culture of mainland Greece, illuminating their painting, sculpture, pottery, jewellery, and architecture with scholarly precision. Drawing on a rich selection of 241 plates — 54 in full colour — the book argues that these two interconnected cultures laid the artistic foundations for the later classical Greek world. Written with clarity and authority, it remains an essential reference for students, scholars, and enthusiasts of ancient Mediterranean civilisations, illustrating how myth, ritual, and daily life were rendered in extraordinary artistic form.