A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases
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A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases

About this book

Painted vases are the richest and most complex images that remain from ancient Greece. Over the past decades, a great deal has been written on ancient art that portrays myths and rituals. Less has been written on scenes of daily life, and what has been written has been tucked away in hard-to-find books and journals. A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases synthesizes this material and expands it: it is the first comprehensive volume to present visual representations of everything from pets and children's games to drunken revelry and funerary rituals.
John H. Oakley's clear, accessible writing provides sound information with just the right amount of detail. Specialists of Greek art will welcome this book for its text and illustrations. This guide is an essential and much-needed reference for scholars and an ideal sourcebook for classics and art history.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Illustrations
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. At Home
  6. 2. In the Workshop
  7. 3. Around Town
  8. 4. In the Countryside
  9. 5. Education at School and Elsewhere
  10. 6. At the Sanctuary
  11. 7. Sport: At the Gymnasium and the Hippodrome
  12. 8. The Battleground
  13. 9. At the Wedding
  14. 10. The End of Life: At the Funeral
  15. Glossary
  16. Index