A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)

Oakley, John H.; Oakley, John

ISBN 10: 0299327248 / ISBN 13: 9780299327248

Published by University of Wisconsin Press, 2020

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pp. 272.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299327248
• ISBN 13: 9780299327248
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Painted vases are the richest and most complex images that remain from ancient Greece. Over the past decades, a great deal has been written on ancient art that portrays myths and rituals. Less has been written on scenes of daily life, and what has been written has been tucked away in hard-to-find books and journals. A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases synthesizes this material and expands it: it is the first comprehensive volume to present visual representations of everything from pets and children's games to drunken revelry and funerary rituals.
John H. Oakley's clear, accessible writing provides sound information with just the right amount of detail. Specialists of Greek art will welcome this book for its text and illustrations. This guide is an essential and much-needed reference for scholars and an ideal sourcebook for classics and art history.

About the Author

John H. Oakley is the Chancellor Professor Emeritus and Forrest D. Murden, Jr. Professor Emeritus in the Department of Classical Studies at the College of William and Mary. He is co-author of Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past and the author of Picturing Death in Classical Athens: The Evidence of the White Lekythoi, The Greek Vase: The Art of the Storyteller, and many other books and articles.