Adonis, his representations in South Italian Vase-painting
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Adonis, his representations in South Italian Vase-painting

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Adonis, his representations in South Italian Vase-painting

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Adonis, the beautiful youth, born of the myrrh tree, loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone, hardly needs any introduction. His legend, of Oriental origin, spread early and rapidly to Greece and Italy. In Athens, his cult is attested as early as the 5th century, though representations of him in the arts remain surprisingly rare. Not so in South Italy, where from the early 4th century on his myth inspired some of the greatest vase-painters, especially in Apulia.

As the present systematic and richly illustrated analysis of his representations in South Italian Vase-painting, shows, Adonis played in Magna Graecia a much more important role than had hitherto been suspected.

Internationally recognized as the expert on South Italian Vase-painting, Alexander Cambitoglou has co-authored with Arthur Dale Trendall the fundamental work on its main school: The Red-figured Vases of Apulia, I: Early and Middle Apulian (1978) and II: Late Apulian (1982), and First and Second Supplement to The Red-figured Vases of Apulia (1983 and 1991). With Chr. Aellen and J. Chamay he has published Le peintre de Darius et son milieu in 1986 and again with J. Chamay in 1997, Céramique de Grande GrÚce. La collection de fragments H. A. Cahn, and in 2006 Le don de la vigne: vase antique du baron Edmond de Rothschild (Matteo Campagnolo co-author). More recently, the two first Australian CVA fascicules have appeared in which he presents, with M. Turner as co-author, the collection of red-figured pottery from Apulia held by The University of Sydney's Nicholson Museum (fasc. 1: 2008, 2: 2014). His work on Adonis' plants has just come out in J. Chamay's translation: Les plantes d'Adonis. Essai (Etudes genevoises sur l'Antiquité. Cahiers vol. 2, 2018 ).

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Information

Publisher
Peter Lang Group
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9783034335409
eBook ISBN
9783034336406
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Art General
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright Information
  3. Contents
  4. Editor’s Foreword
  5. Abbreviations
  6. Introduction: the Legend
  7. Chapter 1: Arbitration by Zeus or Kalliope
  8. Chapter 2: Adonis dying
  9. Chapter 3: Adonis in the Underworld
  10. Chapter 4: Adonis and Persephone
  11. Chapter 5: Adonis with Persephone in Aphrodite’s presence
  12. Chapter 6: Adonis’ anodos
  13. Chapter 7: Adonis’ anodos with Aphrodite
  14. Chapter 8: Aphrodite’s anodos
  15. Chapter 9: Adonis on Mount Olympos
  16. Chapter 10: Adonis (standing) and Aphrodite (seated)
  17. Chapter 11: Adonis offering a hare (or a bird) to Aphrodite
  18. Chapter 12: Adonis musicus with Aphrodite
  19. Chapter 13: Aphrodite musica with Adonis
  20. Chapter 14: Adonis and Aphrodite as lovers
  21. Chapter 15: Aphrodite mourning
  22. Chapter 16: Myrte mourning
  23. Chapter 17: Adonis banqueting with Dionysos
  24. Chapter 18: Echoes – Eros rising from the Underworld
  25. Summary note (Jacques Chamay)
  26. Photograph Credits
  27. Plates 1–35