Picturing Death in Classical Athens
The Evidence of the White Lekythoi
Series: Cambridge Studies in Classical Art and Iconography;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 7 March 2005
- ISBN 9780521820165
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages306 pages
- Size 282x223x24 mm
- Weight 1200 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 175 b/w illus. 16 colour illus. 0
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Short description:
This book examines the pictures found on Attic lekythois, funerary vases appreciated for their beautiful polychrome images.
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This is the first in-depth study of the pictures found on Attic white lekythois. These funerary vases, placed in and on Athenian graves, have long been appreciated for their beautiful polychrome images that evoke the style of lost classical wall and mural paintings. The most important visual source for classical Greek funerary customs, they exhibit a limited range of subject matter, most of it connected with death. This richly illustrated volume closely examines the four major types of scenes: domestic pictures, the mythological conductors of the soul, the prothesis (wake), and visits to the grave. In addition to analysis of the iconographical development of each type, this study places these pictures in the historical, social, cultural, archaeological, and literary contexts, documenting relationships between the 'rites of Passage', Athenian history, the changing perceptions of death in fifth-century Athens, and funerary epigrams and laments.
'The volume is handsomely illustrated ... The book is written in a style that makes these attractive products and the important subject they highlight intelligible to a wide range of readers.' JACT
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. Domestic scenes; 3. The prothesis; 4. Myth and mythological figures; 5. Scenes at the grave; 6. Putting the pictures into context.
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