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    The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens by Robertson, Martin;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number New ed
    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 28 January 1994

    • ISBN 9780521338813
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages364 pages
    • Size 276x219x24 mm
    • Weight 1324 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 300 b/w illus.
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    Short description:

    The results of the author's lifetime's study of Greek vase-painting.

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    Long description:

    In his new book, Professor Martin Robertson - author of A History of Greek Art (CUP 1975) and A Shorter History of Greek Art (CUP 1981) - draws together the results of a lifetime's study of Greek vase-painting, tracing the history of figure-drawing on Athenian pottery from the invention of the 'red-figure' technique in the later archaic period to the abandonment of figured vase-decoration two hundred years later. The book covers red-figure and also work produced over the same period in the same workshops in black-figure and other techniques, especially that of drawing in outline on a white ground. The book is intended as a companion volume to Sir John Beazley's The Development of Attic Black-figure (originally published in 1951 by California University Press), and as an examination and defence of Beazley's methods and achievements. This book is a major contribution to the history of Greek vase-painting and anyone seriously interested in the subject - whether scholar, student, curator, collector or amateur - will find it essential reading.

    "...a clear and enjoyable style. Robertson's life-long experience in the field of Greek art brings authority and depth to the study. The significant themes, for instance, are discussed in the light of a vast knowledge of Greek mythology, history, and culture." Religious Studies Review

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface; Introduction; 1. The beginning of red-figure; 2. A time of ferment: the red-figure Pioneers and their contemporaries; 3. After the Pioneers: red-figure mastery; the beginnings of white-ground; 4. Archaic into classical; 5. Early classical; 6. High classical; 7. Developments from the high classical; 8. The later fifth century; developments into the fourth; 9. The fourth century; Notes; Bibliography and abbreviations; List of illustrations; Index.

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