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A History of Greek Art

With an Introductory Chapter on Art in Egypt and Mesopotamia

BY F. B. TARBELL

PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

PREFACE.

The art of any artistically gifted people may be studied withvarious purposes and in various ways. One man, being himself anartist, may seek inspiration or guidance for his own practice;another, being a student of the history of civilization, maystrive to comprehend the products of art as one manifestation of apeople's spiritual life; another may be interested chiefly intracing the development of artistic processes, forms, andsubjects; and so on. But this book has been written in theconviction that the greatest of all motives for studying art, themotive which is and ought to be strongest in most people, is thedesire to become acquainted with beautiful and noble things, thethings that "soothe the cares and lift the thoughts of man." Thehistorical method of treatment has been adopted as a matter ofcourse, but the emphasis is not laid upon the historical aspectsof the subject. The chief aim has been to present characteristicspecimens of the finest Greek work that has been preserved to us,and to suggest how they may be intelligently enjoyed. Fortunatethey who can carry their studies farther, with the help of lesselementary handbooks, of photographs, of casts, or, best of all,of the original monuments.

Most of the illustrations in this book have been made fromphotographs, of which all but a few belong to the collection ofGreek photographs owned by the University of Chicago. A number ofother illustrations have been derived from books or serialpublications, as may be seen from the accompanying legends. Inseveral cases where cuts were actually taken from secondarysources, such as Baumeister's "Denkmaler des klassischenAltertums," they have been credited to their original sources. Afew architectural drawings were made expressly for this work,being adapted from trustworthy authorities, viz.: Figs. 6, 51, 61,and 64. There remain two or three additional illustrations, whichhave so long formed a part of the ordinary stock-in trade ofhandbooks that it seemed unnecessary to assign their origin.

The introductory chapter has been kindly looked over by Dr. J. H.Breasted, who has relieved it of a number of errors, without inany way making himself responsible for it. The remaining chaptershave unfortunately not had the benefit of any such revision.

In the present reissue of this book a number of slight changes andcorrections have been introduced.

Chicago, January, 1905.

CONTENTS.

I. ART IN EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA II. PREHISTORIC ART IN GREECE III. GREEK ARCHITECTURE IV. GREEK SCULPTURE—GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS V. THE ARCHAIC PERIOD OF GREEK SCULPTURE, FIRST HALF: 625 (?)-550 B.C. VI. THE ARCHAIC PERIOD OF GREEK SCULPTURE. SECOND HALF: 550-480 B. C. VII. THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD OF GREEK SCULPTURE. 480-4506. C.VIII. THE GREAT AGE OF GREEK SCULPTURE. FIRST PERIOD: 450-400 B. C. IX. THE GREAT AGE OF GREEK SCULPTURE. SECOND PERIOD: 400-323 B. C. X. THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD OF GREEK SCULPTURE. 323-146 B. C. XI. GREEK PAINTING

A HISTORY OF GREEK ART.

CHAPTER I.

ART IN EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA.

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