Looking at Greek Vases - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521376793 ISBN 13: 9780521376792

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

This is a collection of essays by distinguished scholars that will introduce the student or museum-goer to the study of Greek vases. Although the book is roughly chronological in arrangement--beginning with the appearance of human figures on Geometric vases, and ending with their virtual disappearance from Hellenistic pottery--it is not a history of Greek vase painting, or a handbook. It offers instead a series of suggestions on how to read the often complex images presented by Greek vases, and also explains how the vases were made and distributed. The volume is fully illustrated throughout.

About this title

Book Description

Geared to the student or museum-goer, this introductory collection of essays by distinguished scholars features suggestions for reading the often complex images on Greek vases as well as explanations of their origins.

Review

"The text is plentifully illustrated....the volume, with its up to date discussions, concise bibliographies for each chapter and an appendix on vessel shapes is a useful and accessible guide to looking at Greek vases." Aileen Ajootian, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521376793
• ISBN 13: 9780521376792
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302
• Editor: Rasmussen Tom, Spivey Nigel