Visual Poetics of Power - Warriors, Youths, and Tripods in Early Greece

Informationen zum Autor By Nassos Papalexandrou Klappentext In The Visual Poetics of Power, Nassos Papalexandrou illuminates the early history of the tripod cauldron, the most sacred symbol of the Greeks. He also explores the performative dimensions of the figurative arts in the preliterate contexts of early Greek sanctuaries. Zusammenfassung In The Visual Poetics of Power! Nassos Papalexandrou illuminates the early history of the tripod cauldron! the most sacred symbol of the Greeks. He also explores the performative dimensions of the figurative arts in the preliterate contexts of early Greek sanctuaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Semantics of the Tripod in Early Greek Culture Chapter 3 Figural Labels: The Attachments of Tripods in Context Chapter 4 Warriors:Aichmetai Chapter 5 Youths:Kouroi Chapter 6 The Appropriation of the Tripod by Apollon Chapter 7 Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Nassos Papalexandrou, Papalexandrou Nassos
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2005
• EAN: 9780739107348
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0734-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Greek Studies: Interdisciplina; Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Greek Studies: Interdisciplina
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Ancient Greece, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, History of Art, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek style