Magna Graecia :: Greek Art from South Italy and Sicily :: Michael Bennett, Aaron J. Paul et al

Furniture & Decorative Arts

January 2003
Hardback
ISBN 13: 9780940717718
ISBN: 0940717719
312 pages
10 x 12 in.
305 x 254 mm.
170 color plates
40 halftones
US $ 50
UK £ 35

Magna Graecia

Greek Art from South Italy and Sicily
Michael Bennett, Aaron J. Paul et al

Between the 8th and 6th centuries B.C., adventurous Greeks colonized many areas of South Italy and Sicily, a watershed historical event that would profoundly influence the ancient Etruscans and Romans and is even reflected in the Italian Renaissance. This magnificant volume presents 82 masterpieces of Greek vase painting and sculpture in terracotta, stone, and bronze from the eight great museum collections of South Italy and Sicily. Featured are brief commentaries and colorplates for each object, including many details, as well as six scholarly essays about various aspects of Greek art and civilization in Magna Graecia (Great Greece). Maps, glossary, and bibliography complete this invaluable reference work.

Michael Bennett is Curator of greek and Roman Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Aaron J. Paul is Curator of Greek and Roman Art at the Tampa Museum of Art.