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The History of Greek Vases
John Boardman
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Description for The History of Greek Vases
Paperback. Offering a survey of Greek vases, this book sketches their stylistic history. It explores the process of identifying artists; the methods of making and decorating the vases and the problems in doing so; the life of the potter; the pots' dissemination beyond Greece; and their functions in life, cult and as messengers of style and subject. Num Pages: 320 pages, 358 illustrations. BIC Classification: HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 183 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1060.
This book, newly available in paperback, is the definitive survey of Greek vases by the outstanding world authority on classical archaeology and art. In it, John Boardman sketches the stylistic history of Greek vases and goes on to explore the many other matters that make the subject so fruitful: the process of identifying artists; the methods of making and decorating the vases and the problems in doing so; the life of the potter; the pots’ dissemination beyond Greece; and their functions in life, cult and as messengers of style and subject. Boardman demonstrates how Greek artists exercised a style of ... Read more
This book, newly available in paperback, is the definitive survey of Greek vases by the outstanding world authority on classical archaeology and art. In it, John Boardman sketches the stylistic history of Greek vases and goes on to explore the many other matters that make the subject so fruitful: the process of identifying artists; the methods of making and decorating the vases and the problems in doing so; the life of the potter; the pots’ dissemination beyond Greece; and their functions in life, cult and as messengers of style and subject. Boardman demonstrates how Greek artists exercised a style of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
1067g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500285930
SKU
V9780500285930
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99-2
About John Boardman
Sir John Boardman was born in 1927, and educated at Chigwell School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He spent several years in Greece, three of them as Assistant Director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, and he has excavated in Smyrna, Crete, Chios and Libya. For four years he was an Assistant Keeper in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and ... Read more
Reviews for The History of Greek Vases
'Masterful … lively, comprehensive and well illustrated' - Journal of Classics Teaching