Arrest and Movement: Essay on Space and Time in the Representational Art of the Ancient Near East - Softcover

Frankfort, H.A.Groenewegen-

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674046560 ISBN 13: 9780674046566

Verlag: Harvard University Press, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

Book by H A GroenewegenFrankfort

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Críticas

["Arrest and Movement"] deals with two questions that are basic in the grammar of ancient art, the way of rendering objects and the significance of the surrounding space...An appreciation of the works discussed is set in its proper connection, the meaning and purpose, the life of the time...One closes the book with gratitude to Mrs. Frankfort for her good sense and her ability to reinspire forgotten wonder.

Reseña del editor

The beauty of Egyptian, Babylonian, and Cretan art is shot through with oddity. However much we are fascinated by the ancient works, we find ourselves wondering what precisely the artists meant when they rendered objects and indicated spatial relations the way they did. "Arrest and Movement" is the only book to analyze pre-Greek art in terms of issues such as space and narrative. It is a landmark book that will bring to students and museum-goers deeper understanding of this eloquent but seemingly eccentric art.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1988
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0674046560
• ISBN 13: 9780674046566
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352
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