History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 2 (of 2)

History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 2 (of 2)

Minor errors in punctuation and formatting have been silently corrected. Please see the transcribers note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. The end note also discusses the handling of the many Greek inscriptions. Figured vases in ancient literatureMythology and artRelation of subjects on vases to literatureHomeric and dramatic themes and their treatmentInterpretation and classification of subjectsThe Olympian deitiesThe GigantomachiaThe birth of Athena and other Olympian subjectsZeus and kindred subjectsHeraPoseidon and marine deitiesThe Eleusinian deitiesApollo and ArtemisHephaistos, Athena, and AresAphrodite and ErosHermes and Hestia. The representation of subjects from Greek mythology or daily life on vases was not, of course, confined to fictile products. We know that the artistic instincts of the Greeks led them to decorate almost every household implement or utensil with ornamental designs of some kind, as well as those specially made for votive or other non-utilitarian purposes. But the fictile vases, from the enormous numbers which have been preserved, the extraordinary variety of their subjects, and the fact that they cover such a wide period, have always formed our chief artistic source of information on the subject of Greek mythology and antiquities. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 48155
Author: Birch, Samuel
Release Date: Feb 7, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Walters, H. B. (Henry Beauchamp), 1867-1944