Images at the Crossroads : : Media and Meaning in Greek Art /

Images at the Crossroads : : Media and Meaning in Greek Art / / ed. by Judith Barringer.

New studies on the interaction of various media in ancient Greek artThis collection includes twenty-one new essays by leading scholars in the field of Greek art and archaeology. Exploring a range of media including vase painting, sculpture, gems and coins, they each address questions that cross the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Architecture and Design 2022
MitwirkendeR:
Barringer, Judith M.,
Callataÿ, François de,
Dasen, Véronique,
Dietrich, Nikolaus,
Giuliani, Luca,
Haug, Annette,
Hölscher, Tonio,
Lapatin, Kenneth,
Lissarrague, François,
Menichetti, Mauro,
Meyer, Marion,
Muller, Arthur,
Paleothodoros, Dimitris,
Sabetai, Victoria,
Schmidt, Stefan,
Seifert, Martina,
Shapiro, H. A.,
Stansbury-O’Donnell, Mark D.,
Stewart, Andrew,
Stähli, Adrian,
Williams, Dyfri,
HerausgeberIn:
Barringer, Judith,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh Leventis Studies : ELS
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Physical Description:1 online resource (584 p.) :; 120 B/W illustrations 170 colour illustrations 120 b&w and 170 colour photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I MAKING MEANING: HOW DO IMAGES WORK?
  • 1 WAYS OF MAKING SENSE: EAGLE AND SNAKE IN ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREEK ART
  • 2 IMAGES AND HISTORY IN EIGHTH-AND SEVENTH-CENTURY BC ATHENS: A DISCURSIVE ANALYTICAL APPROACH
  • 3 KNOWLEDGE AND THE PRODUCTION OF MEANING: GREEK VASE IMAGERY RECONSIDERED
  • 4 IMAGES AND STORYTELLING
  • PART II INTERPRETATION AND PERCEPTION
  • 5 THE ALEXANDER MOSAIC: STORIES OF VICTORY
  • 6 PARAPICTORIALITY
  • PART III REFLECTIONS OF THE CITY AND ITS CRAFTSMEN
  • 7 LES IMAGES DE LA CITÉ – THE VASE PAINTER’S GAZE
  • 8 AGAIN: WORKING SCENES ON ATHENIAN VASES – IMAGES BETWEEN SOCIAL VALUES AND AESTHETIC REALITY
  • PART IV CONSTRUCTIONS OF MYTH THROUGH IMAGES
  • 9 OF GODS AND GIANTS: MYTH AND IMAGES IN THE MAKING
  • 10 THE FABRIC OF MYTH IN ANCIENT GLYPTIC
  • 11 GREEK COIN ICONOGRAPHY IN CONTEXT: EIGHT SPECIFICITIES THAT DIFFERENTIATE THEM FROM OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
  • PART V CLAY AND STONE: MATERIAL MATTERS
  • 12 PARAGONE? XENOPHON, SOKRATES, AND QUINTILIAN ON GREEK PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
  • 13 COMMUNICATING WITH THE DIVINE IN MARBLE AND CLAY
  • 14 THE MESSAGE IS IN THE MEDIUM: WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOI AND STONE GRAVE MARKERS IN CLASSICAL ATHENS
  • 15 GREEK ARCHAIC FIGURATIVE TERRACOTTAS: FROM IDENTIFICATION TO FUNCTION
  • 16 IMAGES IN DIALOGUE: PICTURING IDENTITIES IN BOIOTIAN STONE, CLAY, AND METAL
  • 17 IMAGES OF DRINKING AND LAUGHING: VESSELS AND VOTIVES IN THE THEBAN KABIRION
  • 18 BEYOND CERAMICS AND STONE: THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE PRECIOUS
  • PART VI HONORING THE DEAD
  • 19 ARCHAIC GRAVE MONUMENTS: BODY OR STELE?
  • 20 ON VASES, TERRACOTTAS, AND BONES: HOW TO READ FUNERARY ASSEMBLAGES FROM SIXTH- AND FIFTH-CENTURY GREECE
  • 21 WINGED FIGURES AND MORTALS AT A CROSSROAD
  • ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF OBJECTS
  • SUBJECT INDEX

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