Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-312) and index.
Contents:
Minoan and Mycenaean art --
Ancient Greek art and its influence on the Roman world --
Ekphrases, imagines, and their use during the Renaissance --
The birth of Greek painting --
Vase painting --
Polygnotos --
White-ground lekythoi --
Apollodoros the Skiagraphos --
Zeuxis --
Boeotian painting --
Pamphilos : Sikyonian painting --
The great painters of the age of Alexander --
Apelles --
Philoxenos of Eretria : the mosaic in the house of the faun --
Antiphilos --
The stelai from Demetrias --
Landscapes and scenography --
The Odyssey landscapes --
Mosaic floors --
Originals and copies --
The villa of the mysteries --
Still lifes (Xenia) --
Pastoral motifs and gardens --
New trends --
The Pompeian third and fourth styles --
Grottesche --
Portraits.
