Distorted Ideals in Greek Vase-Painting
Title | Distorted Ideals in Greek Vase-Painting PDF eBook |
Author | David Walsh |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014-06-16 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781107669659 |
This book examines Greek vase-paintings that depict humorous, burlesque, and irreverent images of Greek mythology and the gods. Many of the images present the gods and heroes as ridiculous and ugly. While the narrative content of some images may appear to be trivial, others address issues that are deeply serious. When placed against the background of the religious beliefs and social frameworks from which they spring, these images allow us to explore questions relating to their meaning in particular communities. Throughout, we see indications that Greek vase-painters developed their own comedic narratives and visual jokes. The images enhance our understanding of Greek society in just the same way as their more sober siblings in "serious" art. David Walsh is a Visiting Research Scholar in the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures at The University of Manchester.
Greek vase-painting
Title | Greek vase-painting PDF eBook |
Author | E. Buschor |
Publisher | Рипол Классик |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 5875129387 |
Douris and the Painters of Greek Vases
Title | Douris and the Painters of Greek Vases PDF eBook |
Author | Edmond Pottier |
Publisher | |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Vase-painting, Greek |
ISBN |
A Handbook of Greek Vase Painting
Title | A Handbook of Greek Vase Painting PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Antonie Beatrice Herford |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Vase-painting, Greek |
ISBN |
Greek Vase-painting
Title | Greek Vase-painting PDF eBook |
Author | Ernst Buschor |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Greek Vase-painting in Midwestern Collections
Title | Greek Vase-painting in Midwestern Collections PDF eBook |
Author | Warren G. Moon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens
Title | The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Robertson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780521338813 |
In his new book, Professor Martin Robertson - author of A History of Greek Art (CUP 1975) and A Shorter History of Greek Art (CUP 1981) - draws together the results of a lifetime's study of Greek vase-painting, tracing the history of figure-drawing on Athenian pottery from the invention of the 'red-figure' technique in the later archaic period to the abandonment of figured vase-decoration two hundred years later. The book covers red-figure and also work produced over the same period in the same workshops in black-figure and other techniques, especially that of drawing in outline on a white ground. The book is intended as a companion volume to Sir John Beazley's The Development of Attic Black-figure (originally published in 1951 by California University Press), and as an examination and defence of Beazley's methods and achievements. This book is a major contribution to the history of Greek vase-painting and anyone seriously interested in the subject - whether scholar, student, curator, collector or amateur - will find it essential reading.