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Sculpture: The Human Figure, Greece 478-336 B.C.

Year Published: 1978

Creator: British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Analyzes Greek works of art that demonstrates the changing attitude of sculptors toward the human figure. Explains that the style of a sculpture does not necessarily relate to the place it was found, because ancient sculptors were itinerant artists working wherever commissions arose throughout the Greek world. Inscriptions, stylistic criteria, and ancient writers' descriptions provide clues to the accurate dating and identification of sculpture. From the Ancient Greece series

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