Hellenistic Statues of Aphrodite: Studies in the History of their Stylistic Development (Outstanding Dissertations in the Fine Arts)

New York / London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1978. Hardcover. Navy cloth, 191 text pp. plus 52 BW plate pages at rear. VG- (Some fox marks on binding; some light foxing along book block edges; former owner name and date on first page; surfaces are otherwise clean.). Item #155876
ISBN: 0824032179

A reprint of the author's 1958 Harvard University dissertation. "This study attempts to bring about a clearer perspective of one of the most significant aspects of the period for modern man. It is concerned with its stylistic evolution as evident in the creation and development of the most outstanding plastic representations of the goddess Aphrodite. The subject of the female figure, relatively naturalistically depicted in a nude or half-draped state, commenced its long career in the history of Western art this time. ... The goal of this examination then is not to add to the acclaim some of the statues have already received, but to insert them into their proper places as prime and revealing specimens of the sculpture of the Hellenistic age." (introduction) Rare.

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