Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 4

Hector Catling

ISBN 10: 0197264441 / ISBN 13: 9780197264447

Published by Oxford University Press, GB, 2010

About this Item

This illustrated catalogue publishes the important collection of Greek Geometric and Orientalizing pottery in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. More than 200 vases and fragments are described and illustrated in detailed photographs and profile drawings.There is abundant illustration of the geometric forms of ornament from which the period takes its name, including fine examples of meticulous brushwork. The figured pieces include many elements of standard Late Geometric repertoire - male and female mourners at a bier; files of warriors with shield, helmet, and spear; processing two-horse chariots with their drivers; horses, deer, hounds, a fox, and birds of different types.The introduction gives a history of the collection and discusses the changing attitudes to pottery from the 'Greek Dark Ages'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 4
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197264441
• ISBN 13: 9780197264447
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 26W x 1.59H x 33D centimeters 26 centimeters width by 1.59 centimeters height by 33 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1185 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This illustrated catalogue publishes the important collection of Greek Geometric and Orientalizing pottery in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. More than 200 vases and fragments are described and illustrated in detailed photographs and profile drawings.

There is abundant illustration of the geometric forms of ornament from which the period takes its name, including fine examples of meticulous brushwork. The figured pieces include many elements of standard Late Geometric repertoire - male and female mourners at a bier; files of warriors with shield, helmet, and spear; processing two-horse chariots with their drivers; horses, deer, hounds, a fox, and birds of different types.

The introduction gives a history of the collection and discusses the changing attitudes to pottery from the 'Greek Dark Ages'.

About the Author

Thomas Mannack is a Lecturer in Classical Archaeology and Reader in Classical Iconography at the University of Oxford, Senior Research Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall.