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FROM PREHISTORIC TO CLASSICAL
A RESOURCE FOR EDUCATORS
the metropolitan museum of art
by Michael Norris
GREEKART
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s teacher training programs and
accompanying materials are made possible through a generous grant
from Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Rose.

Copyright © 2000 by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Written by Michael Norris
Designed by Tsang Seymour Design
Production by Masha Turchinsky
Edited by Philomena Mariani and Alexandra Bonfante-Warren
Color Separations by Professional Graphics Inc., Rockford, Illinois
Printed by Galvanic Printing and Plate Co, Inc., Moonachie, New
Jersey and Elwood Packaging, Chicago, Illinois
Photographs of works of art in the Museum’s collection are by
The Photograph Studio of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Illustration of Greek Orders of Architecture from Blue Guide Greece
reproduced with permission of A&C Black (Publishers) Limited.
Robin Barber, author. John Flower, illustrator.
Illustrations of Hollow Lost-Wax Casting:The Direct Methodand
Hollow Lost-Wax Casting:The Indirect Method printed with permis-
sion of Seán Hemingway.
Illustration of Model of the Parthenonby John Kerschbaum.
Silver dekadrachm reproduced with permission by The American
Numismatic Society.
Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Norris, Michael (Michael Byron)
Greek art : from prehistoric to classical : a resource for
educators/ by Michael Norris.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-87099-972-9
1. Art, Greek–Study and teaching. 2. Art, Classical–Greece–
Study and teaching. 3. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,
N.Y.)–Guidebooks. I.Title.
N5630.N67 2000
700'.938'0747471–dc21 00-049017

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Although I organized and wrote or rewrote much of the text, this resource
is truly a group effort.
First, many thanks go to the curators in the Department of Greek and
Roman Art for their comments on the contents, much of which was mater-
ial already written by them: Carlos