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In this wide-ranging study; Richard Neer offers a new way to understand the epoch-making sculpture of classical Greece. Working at the intersection of art history; archaeology; literature; and aesthetics; he reveals a people fascinated with the power of sculpture to provoke wonder in beholders. Wonder; not accuracy; realism; naturalism or truth; was the supreme objective of Greek sculptors. Neer traces this way of thinking about art from the poems of Homer to the philosophy of Plato. Then; through meticulous accounts of major sculpture from around the Greek world; he shows how the demand for wonder-inducing statues gave rise to some of the greatest masterpieces of Greek art. Rewriting the history of Greek sculpture in Greek terms and restoring wonder to a sometimes dusty subject; The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the art of sculpture or the history of the ancient world.