Greek Vases - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Moignard is Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Glasgow! UK. She is the author of fascicles 16 and 18 of the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum! covering the Edinburgh Collection! the Hunterian Museum! the Burrell Collection! and Kelvingrove Museum. Klappentext Greek Vases is a discussion of the painted vases which were an ever present but understated feature of life in the Greek world between the end of the Bronze Age and the rise of Rome, and, in the modern world, an important component of museum collections since the 18th century. The book uses specific illustrated examples to explore the archaeological use of vases as chronological indicators, the use of the various shapes, their scenes of myth and everyday life and what these tell us, the way in which we think about their makers, and how they are treated today as museum objects and archaeological evidence. This is a brief, accessible introduction to the vases with school and university students in mind. Zusammenfassung A discussion of painted vases. This book uses examples to explore the archaeological use of vases as chronological indicators, the use of the various shapes, their scenes of myth and everyday life and what these tell us, the way in which we think about their makers, and how they are treated as museum objects and archaeological evidence. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface 1. Greek Vases and Time 2. Painters and Potters3. Shapes and their Uses 4. Scenes and Storytelling 5. Collecting and Scholarship Where to see Greek Vases Suggestions for Further Reading Suggestions for Further Study Glossary Index

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Moignard, Moignard Elizabeth
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.05.2006
• EAN: 9781853996917
• ISBN: 978-1-85399-691-7
• No. of pages: 122
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Bcp Classical World; Classical World; Bcp Classical World; Classical World Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; European History, ART / Ceramics, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, ART / Glass, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek style, Ceramics: artworks, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks