The History of Greek Vases
Potters, Painters and Pictures
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Published:21st Jan '08
Should be back in stock very soon
The history of Greek vases as told by Sir John Boardman, known and respected the world over as the outstanding authority on classical archaeology and art
Offering a survey of Greek vases, this book sketches their stylistic history. It explores the process of identifying artists; the methods of making and decorating the vases and the problems in doing so; the life of the potter; the pots' dissemination beyond Greece; and their functions in life, cult and as messengers of style and subject.This book, newly available in paperback, is the definitive survey of Greek vases by the outstanding world authority on classical archaeology and art. In it, John Boardman sketches the stylistic history of Greek vases and goes on to explore the many other matters that make the subject so fruitful: the process of identifying artists; the methods of making and decorating the vases and the problems in doing so; the life of the potter; the pots’ dissemination beyond Greece; and their functions in life, cult and as messengers of style and subject. Boardman demonstrates how Greek artists exercised a style of narrative in art that was long influential in the West, and how their pictures reflected not simply on story-telling, but on the politics and social order of the day.
'Masterful … lively, comprehensive and well illustrated' - Journal of Classics Teaching
ISBN: 9780500285930
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1040g
320 pages