This is a magnificent and intellectually stimulating account of large-scale Greek sculpture from the Dark Ages to Augustus ( c. 1200-30 B.C.). Andrew Stewart not only describes and dates the sculpture and illustrates its most significant, interesting, and characteristic examples but also places it in its full social and political context. He focuses on who the sculptors were, how their workshops were run, who commissioned and supported their work, and what the political, cultural, and natural settings were.