The Pronomos Vase and Its Context

Zusatztext The book is well produced and generously illustrated. A real highlight is the fold-out key proceeding the introduction. It enables a look at both sides of the vase at once, a luxury no ancient viewer could ever have imagined. ...Through their overlapping and joint areas of expertise these thirteen authors make - at once and in equal share - a notable contribution to the history of Greek art and to the history of ancient theatre. Klappentext A comprehensive and fully illustrated collection of essays on the Pronomos Vase, the single most important piece of pictorial evidence for ancient theatre to have survived from ancient Greece. Zusammenfassung The Pronomos Vase is the single most important piece of pictorial evidence for ancient theatre to have survived from ancient Greece. It depicts an entire theatrical chorus and cast along with the celebrated musician Pronomos, in the presence of their patron god, Dionysos. In this collection of essays, illustrated with nearly 60 drawings and photographs, leading specialists from a variety of disciplines tackle the critical questions posed by this complex hub of evidence. The discussion covers a wide range of perspectives and issues, including the artist's oeuvre; the pottery market; the relation of this piece to other artistic, and especially celebratory, artefacts; the political and cultural contexts of the world that it was produced in; the identification of figures portrayed on it: and the significance of the Pronomos Vase as theatrical evidence. The volume offers not only the most recent scholarship on the vase but also some ground-breaking interpretations of it.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Taplin, Oliver/ Wyles Taplin, Rosie Wyles
• Assisted by: Oliver Taplin (Editor), Taplin Oliver (Editor), Rosie Wyles (Editor), Wyles Rosie (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2010
• EAN: 9780199582594
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958259-4
• No. of pages: 420
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; ART / Ceramics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, ART / Glass, History of Art, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Ancient Greek style, Ceramics: artworks, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks