Sotades
Symbols of Immortality on Greek Vases
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 13 November 1997
- ISBN 9780198150619
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 256x196x19 mm
- Weight 632 g
- Language English
- Illustrations black and white halftone and line illustrations throughout 0
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Short description:
This book, on the fifth-century BC Athenian vase-painter, Sotades, concentrates on the inherent meaning of the imagery of these decorated vases. It argues that, contrary to widely held conceptions, there is an underlying unity of meaning in Greek vases and their imagery, a unity rooted in the religious beliefs and ritual practices of the society from which they spring.
MoreLong description:
In this book the author explores the work of the fifth-century BC Athenian vase-painter, Sotades, one of the most familiar names in vase painting. Previous scholarship has dealt mainly with questions of attribution, style, and iconographic interpretation, but Dr Hoffman concentrates on inherent meaning: what does the imagery of these decorated vases really signify? He argues that, contrary to widely held conceptions, there is an underlying unity of meaning in Greek vases and their imagery, a unity rooted in the religious beliefs and ritual practices of the society from which they spring. Each chapter discusses a specific aspect of the artist's iconology, placing it in the context of fifth-century BC Greek philosophical and religious thought.
Some of the works of the potter Sotades, and of the Sotades Painter - notably the British Museum's white-ground cups - have become familiar. Others have not, and it is the great virtue of this well-illustrated book that it brings them together.
