Greek Vase-Painting and the Origins of Visual Humour

Informationen zum Autor A scholar of Greek art and archaeology, Dr Alexandre Mitchell is an Honorary Research Associate at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford. Klappentext A comprehensive study of visual humour in ancient Greece! with special emphasis on works created in Athens and Boeotia. Zusammenfassung This richly illustrated book is a comprehensive study of visual humour in ancient Greece! with special emphasis on works created in Athens and Boeotia. Alexandre G. Mitchell brings an interdisciplinary approach to this topic! combining theories and methods of art history! archaeology and classics with the anthropology of humour. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Humour in the city: the world of men, women and animals; 3. Humour in the city: gods, heroes and myth; 4. Satyrs and comic parody; 5. Caricatures in Athens and at the Kabirion sanctuary in Boeotia; 6. Conclusion: vases, humour and society.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandre Mitchell, Alexandre G. Mitchell, Alexandre. G. Mitchell
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.08.2009
• EAN: 9780521513708
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51370-8
• No. of pages: 398
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 250 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Ancient Greece, Social & cultural history, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Ancient World, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, Paintings and painting, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks