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LoC No.: 22002232
Title: Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art
Series Title: Carnegie Institution of Washington publication no. 268
Note: Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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Summary: "Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art" by Walter Woodburn Hyde is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the genre of Greek sculpture, focusing specifically on the monuments erected at Olympia and throughout the Greek world to honor victorious athletes of the Olympic games. This examination is framed by an in-depth analysis of the artistic, cultural, and historical contexts surrounding these monuments. At the start of the text, Hyde introduces the purpose of his study, which is to reconstruct the various types and poses of surviving remnants of these victor statues, as well as to explore the literary and archaeological sources that inform this research. He emphasizes the challenges present due to the limited number of surviving artifacts and the complexities involved in identifying these monuments, which were often destroyed or lost over time. The opening chapters set the stage for an exploration of early Greek athletics, the significance of victor monuments, and the stylistic and material aspects of the art form, outlining the structure and themes that will be explored in greater detail throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Hyde, Walter Woodburn, 1871-1966
EBook No.: 61792
Published: Apr 8, 2020
Downloads: 163
Language: English
Subject: Sculpture, Greek
Subject: Sports -- Greece
Subject: Olympics
LoCC: Fine Arts: Sculpture
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: 22002232
Title: Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art
Series Title: Carnegie Institution of Washington publication no. 268
Note: Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https:
//www.pgdp.net
(This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive)
Summary: "Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art" by Walter Woodburn Hyde is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the genre of Greek sculpture, focusing specifically on the monuments erected at Olympia and throughout the Greek world to honor victorious athletes of the Olympic games. This examination is framed by an in-depth analysis of the artistic, cultural, and historical contexts surrounding these monuments. At the start of the text, Hyde introduces the purpose of his study, which is to reconstruct the various types and poses of surviving remnants of these victor statues, as well as to explore the literary and archaeological sources that inform this research. He emphasizes the challenges present due to the limited number of surviving artifacts and the complexities involved in identifying these monuments, which were often destroyed or lost over time. The opening chapters set the stage for an exploration of early Greek athletics, the significance of victor monuments, and the stylistic and material aspects of the art form, outlining the structure and themes that will be explored in greater detail throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Hyde, Walter Woodburn, 1871-1966
EBook No.: 61792
Published: Apr 8, 2020
Downloads: 163
Language: English
Subject: Sculpture, Greek
Subject: Sports -- Greece
Subject: Olympics
LoCC: Fine Arts: Sculpture
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.