Friday, September 19, 2025
Art
John Boardman (1927-2024), Greek Art, new rev. ed. (London: Thames and Hudson, 1985), p. 79:
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Such personal or State commissions to architects and sculptors are an important feature of Archaic Greece. The artist is hired to do a job, to please or impress mortals or divinities. 'Art for art's sake' was an unnecessary conception.
