This volume--the first serious book in English on Etruscan art--was hailed for its broad scope, thorough knowledge, and clear exposition when it was published almost twenty years ago. Now brought back into print with an updated bibliography and bibliographical essay by Francesca R. Serra Ridgway, it remains an essential introduction for anyone interested in ancient art, history, and civilization. Otto Brendel's exploration of the art, culture, and society of Etruria takes us through its four main periods of creativity: the ...
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This volume--the first serious book in English on Etruscan art--was hailed for its broad scope, thorough knowledge, and clear exposition when it was published almost twenty years ago. Now brought back into print with an updated bibliography and bibliographical essay by Francesca R. Serra Ridgway, it remains an essential introduction for anyone interested in ancient art, history, and civilization. Otto Brendel's exploration of the art, culture, and society of Etruria takes us through its four main periods of creativity: the Villanovan and Orientalizing era, the Archaic era, the Classical era, and the Hellenistic era, when Etruscan art became extinct. According to Brendel, the Etruscans were deeply influenced by Greek styles but used Greek forms and concepts to further their own purposes. Etruscan art is a private art, aristocratic and luxurious but centered in the life of the family and a continuing life in the tomb. Many of the art forms and objects discussed--ceramics, metalware, jewelry, sculpture, and wall painting--are known to us through the discovery of tombs. Most of these objects had a clearly defined function but were also designed, with a high degree of quality and craftsmanship, to be decorative. The beautiful art of the Etruscans, illustrated and explained in this book, sheds much light on a people about whom we know little.
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First edition (softcover). 8vo (21cm by 15cm), 507pp. 329 illustrations. Original laminated card wrappers. The covers are a little rubbed; overall, this book is in good to very good condition. ISBN 0140561439.
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Second edition (softcover). 8vo (21cm by 15cm), 535pp. 329 illustrations. Original laminated card wrappers. This book is in very good condition. ISBN 0300064462.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket. 1st edition, 1978. Pelican History of Art, with B&W illustrations. Trace of shelf-wear to dust jacket, otherwise a very nice clean, bright copy.
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Good. Ex-library copy so has stamps and inscriptions. Clear plastic cover around dust jacket. Scuffs and knocks to edge of dust jacket. Knocks to edge of cover. Foxing to textblock and end pages. Contents good. 512 p. Pelican History of Art . Ill.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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Fair. Acceptable-This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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Very Good. 0300064462. Large paperback, The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art, the glossy cover is scuffed and a few of the pages are corner-creased, no other remarkable flaws, the binding is tight and the contents are fine, illustrated throughout, this second edition includes an additional bibliography; 536 pages.
