Athenian red figure vases. The arcaic period.

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.

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 2005, cm.15x21, pp.252, 413 ill. paperback. Collana The World of Art Library. History of Art.

London, Thames and Hudson 1995, cm.15x21, pp.250, 377 illustrazioni a colori, paperback. Collana World of Art. Last in the series on Greek sculpture bringing the story down through the fourth century B.C. to the days of Alexander The Great. Informative text accompanied by over 350 illustrations. This is the last in the series of Sir John Boardman's acclaimed handbooks on Greek sculpture; a sequel to similar volumes on the Archaic and Classical periods. Here, the story continues through the fourth century B.C. to the days of Alexander the Great. The innovations of the period are discussed, such as the female nude and portraiture, along with many important monuments including the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus and several of the great names such as Praxiteles and Lysippus who were lionized by later generations. The volume also presents Greek sculpture made in the colonies of Italy and Sicily from the Archaic period onwards, as well as that made for eastern, non-Greek rulers. A final section considers the role of Greek sculpture in moulding western taste to the present day.