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The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Martin Robertson
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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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 res
Polygnotos and Vase Painting in Classical Athens
Language: en
Pages: 182
Authors: Susan B. Matheson
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

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Matheson provides the first comprehensive chronology for Polygnotos's own works, and then analyzes the distinctive, evolving Polygnotan style first isolated by
The Transformation of Athens
Language: en
Pages: 323
Authors: Robin Osborne
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-06 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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How remarkable changes in ancient Greek pottery reveal the transformation of classical Greek culture Why did soldiers stop fighting, athletes stop competing, an
Style and Politics in Athenian Vase-painting
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Richard T. Neer
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In this study of Athenian vases of the late Archaic period, Neer tracks the design and imagery of the symposium, with its elaborate riddles and poems and the de
Dionysos in Classical Athens
Language: en
Pages: 310
Authors: Cornelia Isler-Kerényi
Categories: Religion
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Dionysos, with his following of satyrs and women, was a major theme in a big part of the figure painted pottery in 500-300 B.C. Athens. As an original testimoni