Greek Sculpture: The late Classical Period and sculptures in colonies and overseas. A Handbook.

A handbook. London, Thames and Hudson 1998, cm.15x21, pp.286, 511 figg.bn.nt. paprback. Collana World of Art. This book completes John Boardman's study of Greek vase painting in the World of Art. The author demonstrates that all the components of Greek art that were to culminate in the Classical styles of the fifth century can be traced in the development of vase painting in early Greece, from the eleventh to the sixth centuries B.C. The vases are the most prolific source for this study, as well as being invaluable documents of society, religion, trade, and colonization. The works discussed here display the Greek painter's craft at its most mathematical, its most colorful, and in its most directly narrative mode. The later achievements of Greek art can only be fully understood in light of this formative period of variety, competition, and experiment.

London, Thames and Hudson 2000, cm.15x21, pp.252, 528 figure bn. nel testo, paperback. Collana World of Art.

New York, Thames and Hudson 1989, cm.15x21, pp.252, 250 illustrazioni 30 in colour, brossura con copertina figurata a colori.

London, Thames and Hudson 1996, cm.15x21, pp.252, 481 illustrazioni a colori, paperback. Collana World of Art.

Text in english but softcover in italian. La sopracoperta è in italiano, ma il testo è in inglese, edizione originale inglese. Edited by Irene Martin. Milano, Electa Ed. 1992, cm 24,5x30, pp. 437, a colori plates, b/w and a colori illustrazioni, legatura editoriale con sopraccoperta figurata a colori.

Pisa, Pacini Ed. 2005, cm.17,5x22, pp.206, num.figg.e tavv.bn.e col.nt. legatura ed.soprac.fig.a col.

Paris, Larousse 1994, cm.15,5x23, pp.XLV,824, legatura editoriale cartonata, sopraccoperta. Cette nouvelle édition s'est enrichie de termes nouveaux, issus notamment des lexiques technique et scientifique, et bénéficie des travaux de recherche les plus récents. Le lecteur dispose ainsi d'informations mises à jour (datations, sources) sur l'origine et l'histoire de plus de 50000 mots. La conception de l'ouvrage permet de suivre l'évolution du sens et de la forme des mots et met en évidence la plus ou moins grande "productivité" de certains termes. En introduction, un précis d'histoire de la langue (évolution phonétique et historique) permet de mieux comprendre comment s'est constitué et continue de se constituer le lexique français.

Traduzione di Renato Pedio. Torino, Einaudi Ed. 1993, cm.16x21,5, pp.X,364, 186 ill bn. nel testo, legatura editoriale cartonata con sopraccoperta figurata. Collana Saggi,685.