Alcamenes and the Establishment of the Classical Type in Greek Art

Table of Contents

Prefatory note
List of illustrations in the text
List of plates
Part I:
1. The classical type. Introduction
2. Persistence of Greek thought
3. Persistence of Greek art. Naturalism and idealism. The establishment of the classical type in the human body and face
4. The treatment of the nude male body in the evolution of the classical type
5. The facial angle
6. The treatment of the eye
Part II:
1. Alcamenes and the credibility of Pausanias
2. The sculptures of Olympia. Paionios and the eastern pediment of the temple of Zeus
3. Alcamenes and the western pediment of the temple of Zeus
Part III:
1. General survey of the life and works of Alcamenes
2. The Hermes Propylaios
3. The gold and ivory dionysos in his temple at Athens
4. The Alcamenean Athena-type, the so-called 'Lemnian-Athena' of Phidias
5. The Aphrodite of Alcamenes
6. The Encrinomenos of Alcamenes
7. The Herakles of Alcamenes
8. Alcamenean and Phidian sculptures and recent discoveries
Conclusion
Appendix
Index.

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