The Diffusion of Classical Art in Antiquity

In antiquity the art of Classical Greece was carried far from the Greek lands by colonists, merchants and armies. Wherever it went, it was observed by local artists who borrowed from it what suited them. Based on the Mellon Lectures on the Fine Arts held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, in 1993, Boardman looks at the impact and influnce of Greek art in the Near East and the Persian Empire; the Semitic world and Spain; the east after Alexander the Great; Egypt and North Africa; the countries of the Black Sea; and Italy and Europe. His comprehensive and richly illustrated survey shows how, by looking at Greek art through non-Greek eyes, we may be compelled to adjust our views on what Greek art achieved.