The Art of Ancient Greece: The Walters Art Museum

Edited by Sabine Albersmeier Contributions by Amalia Avramidou, Wendy E. Closterman, Helene Coccagna, Angeliki Kokkinou, Leigh Lieberman, Michael Maaß, John H. Oakley, Timothy Phin, Alan Shapiro, and Allison Surtees The magnificent collection of ancient Greek art at the Walters Art Museum is presented in this lavishly illustrated volume. The museum's collection, assembled by Henry Walters and supplemented by gifts and acquisitions, includes fine and historically important pieces: enigmatic Cycladic statues; rare sculpture from the Classical period that continues to define our ideals of the human body; diverse examples of pottery design and decoration; Roman copies of Greek sculpture otherwise lost forever; the gorgeous and intricate jewelry of the Olbia Treasure. The collection, which extends from the Cycladic to the Hellenistic period, is presented in chronological order with an introductory essay for each period, contextualizing the work and tracing the development of artistic techn