Art and Myth in Ancient Greece
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece The Greek myths are so much part of our culture that we tend to forget how they entered it in the first place. In some cases visual art provides our only evidence, as…
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Art and Myth in Ancient Greece
The Greek myths are so much part of our culture that we tend to forget how they entered it in the first place. In some cases visual art provides our only evidence, as there is no surviving account in ancient Greek literature of such important stories as the Fall of Troy, or Theseus and the Minotaur. T. H. Visual sources - vase paintings, engraved gems and sculpture in bronze and stone - often pre-date references to the myths in literature, or offer alternative, unfamiliar tellings.
Copiously illustrated, it is an essential reference work for everybody interested in the art, drama, poetry or religion of ancient Greece. Carpenter's book is the first comprehensive, scholarly yet succinct survey of myth as it appears in Greek art. With this handbook as a guide, readers will be able to identify scenes from myth across the full breadth of archaic and classical Greek art.
With 297 illustrations in colour
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