The History of Greek Vases
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Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7653681M
- ISBN-139780500237809
- ISBN-100500237808
- OCLC Control Number59538579
- OCLC Control Number47995903
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- Internet Archivehistoryofgreekva0000boar
- Library of Congress Control Number00108863
- Goodreads6622136
- LibraryThing542391
Classifications
- LCCNK4645 .B553 2001
Description
"In no other art of antiquity do we come closer to the visual experience of the ancient Greeks than through their finely-wrought pottery." "In this volume John Boardman explores the vases functions in Greek life and culture, and as messengers of style and subject. He relates the processes of identifying artists, the methods of making and decorating the vases, the artists lives and conduct in the potters' quarter in Greek towns, and the ways in which their wares were traded far beyond the borders of the Greek world, from Morocco to Persia, from Russia to the Sudan. Boardman demonstrates that the scenes figured on the vases reflected not simply on story-telling, but on the politics and social order of the day; moreover, they exercised a style of narrative in art that was to resonate throughout Western culture for centuries to come."--Jacket.
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