Introductory bibliography: Greek Art

A useful summary of recent developments and works is in Brian A. Sparkes, Greek Art. (Oxford: Oxford University Press for the Classical Association, 1991). See also the list of general books (many of them repeated) in the short guide to research in ancient art

• Claude Bérard et al., A City of Images. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989).
• P.E. Arias, B. B. Shefton and M. Hirmer, A History of Greek Vase Painting. (London: Thames and Hudson, 1962).
• John Boardman, Athenian Black Figure Vases: A Handbook. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1974).
• John Boardman, Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Archaic Period. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1975).
• John Boardman, Greek Sculpture: The Archaic Period. (London: Thames and Hudson, 1978).
• John Boardman, Greek Sculpture: The Classical Period. (London: Thames and Hudson, 1985).
• J. Boardman, Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Classical Period. (London: 1989).
• John Boardman, Greek Sculpture: The Late Classical Period. (London: Thames and Hudson, 1995).
• T.H. Carpenter, Art and Myth in Ancient Greece. (London: Thames & Hudson, 1991).
• Simon Goldhill and Robin Osborne, ed. Art and Text in Ancient Greek Culture. Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994).
• Jane Elizabeth Henle, Greek Myths; a vase painter's notebook. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1973).
• Jeffrey M. Hurwit, The Art and Culture of Early Greece: 1100-480 B.C.. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1985).
• M.G. Kanowski, Containers of Classical Greece. (St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1983).
• J. J. Pollitt, Art and Experience in Classical Greece. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972).
• Tom Rasmussen and Nigel Spivey, ed. Looking at Greek Vases. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991).
• Martin Robertson, A History of Greek Art. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975).
• M. Robertson, The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens. (Cambridge: 1992).
• Andrew Stewart, Greek Sculpture: An Exploration. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1990).

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