Greek Art Books: A Bibliography

Best Publications on the Ancient Art of Aegean and Mainland Greece

Mar 27, 2008

Alexander the Great (early 3rd Century B.C.), Archaeological Museum of Pella

Ancient Greek art and its archaeological record from prehistoric through Hellenistic times are covered in this select bibliography.

The art and civilization of ancient and classical Greece continue to inspire extensive research and the publication of quality color-illustrated studies. Suitable for students, scholars and enthusiasts, many are exhibition catalogues authored by world-renowned archaeologists, art historians and museum curators. Most titles are available in bookstores and through Internet retailers.

General:

Carlos A. Picón, et al. Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.
Von Bothmer, Dietrich (ed.), et al. Glories of the Past: Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991, 1-26, 85-197.

Cypriot Art:

Hadjisavvas, Sophocles. From Ishtar to Aphrodite: 3200 Years of Cypriot Hellenism (exh. cat.). New York: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, 2003.
Karageoghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens and Marice E. Rose. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000.

Aegean and Cycladic Art:

Doumas, Christos. Cycladic Art: Ancient Sculpture and Ceramics of the Aegean from the N.P. Goulandris Collection (exh. cat.). Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1979.
Getz-Gentle, Pat. Ancient Art of the Cyclades (exh. cat.). Katonah: Katonah Museum of Art, 2006.
Von Bothmer, Dietrich. Greek Art of the Aegean Islands (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979.

Minoan and Mycenaean Art:

Cottrell, Arthur. The Minoan World. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979.
From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C. (exh. cat.). New York: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, 2008.
Higgins, Reynold Alleyne. Minoan and Mycenaean Art (2nd Revised Edition). New York: Thames & Hudson, 1997.
Hood, Sinclair. The Arts in Prehistoric Greece. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992.
Schofield, Louise. The Mycenaeans. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007.

Classical Greek Art:

Athens-Sparta (exh. cat.). New York: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, 2006.
Buitron-Oliver, Diana, et al. The Greek Miracle: Classical Sculpture from the Dawn of Democracy, the Fifth Century B.C. (exh. cat.). Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1992.
Grossman, Janet Burnett. Greek Funerary Sculpture: Catalogue of the Collections at the Getty Villa. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001.
Neils, Jennifer and John H. Oakley, et al. Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past (exh. cat.). Hanover: The Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2003.

Hellenistic Art:

Arnold-Biucchi, Carmen. Alexander's Coins and Alexander's Image (exh. cat.). Cambridge: Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Dreyfus, Renée and Ellen Schraudolph (eds.), et. al. Pergamon: The Telephos Frieze from the Great Altar (exh. cat.). San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1996.
Pandermalis, Dimitrios. Alexander the Great: Treasures from an Epic Age of Hellenism (cat. cat.). New York: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, 2004.
Yalouris, Nicholas, et al. The Search for Alexander: An Exhibition (exh. cat.). Boston: New York Graphic Society (1980).

Jewelry:

Deppert-Lippitz, Barbara, et al. Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1996.
Williams, Dyfri and Jack Ogden. Greek Gold: Jewelry of the Classical World (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994.

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