The Codrus Painter

The Codrus Painter
Author: Amalia Avramidou
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2011-01-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 029924783X

The Codrus Painter was a painter of cups and vases in fifth-century B.C.E. Athens with a distinctive style; he is named after Codrus, a legendary Athenian king depicted on one of his most characteristic vases. He was active as an artist during the rule of Pericles, as the Parthenon was built and then as the troubled times of the Peloponnesian War began. In contrast to the work of fellow artists of his day, the vases of the Codrus Painter appear to have been created almost exclusively for export to markets outside Athens and Greece, especially to the Etruscans in central Italy and to points further west. Amalia Avramidou offers a thoroughly researched, amply illustrated study of the Codrus Painter that also comments on the mythology, religion, arts, athletics, and daily life of Greece depicted on his vases. She evaluates his style and the defining characteristics of his own hand and of the minor painters associated with him. Examining the subject matter, figure types, and motifs on the vases, she compares them with sculptural works produced during the same period. Avramidou’s iconographic analysis not only encompasses the cultural milieu of the Athenian metropolis, but also offers an original and intriguing perspective on the adoption, meaning, and use of imported Attic vases among the Etruscans.

The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens

The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens
Author: Martin Robertson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1992
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780521338813

In his new book, Professor Martin Robertson - author of A History of Greek Art (CUP 1975) and A Shorter History of Greek Art (CUP 1981) - draws together the results of a lifetime's study of Greek vase-painting, tracing the history of figure-drawing on Athenian pottery from the invention of the 'red-figure' technique in the later archaic period to the abandonment of figured vase-decoration two hundred years later. The book covers red-figure and also work produced over the same period in the same workshops in black-figure and other techniques, especially that of drawing in outline on a white ground. The book is intended as a companion volume to Sir John Beazley's The Development of Attic Black-figure (originally published in 1951 by California University Press), and as an examination and defence of Beazley's methods and achievements. This book is a major contribution to the history of Greek vase-painting and anyone seriously interested in the subject - whether scholar, student, curator, collector or amateur - will find it essential reading.

Greek vases in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Greek vases in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Author: Shirley Jean Schwarz
Publisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1996
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9788870629286

English summary: The first complete catalogue of all the Greek vases in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. It includes all the Attic painted pottery, both black- and red-figure, a Spartan and an Ionic cup, as well as two vases in the National Museum of American History. Italian description: Il primo catalogo completo di tutti i vasi greci conservati nel National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Comprende tutti i vasi attici dipinti, a figure nere e a figure rosse, una tazza di manifattura spartana e una ionica, oltre a due vasi conservati nel National Museum of American History.

Athens, Etruria, and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery

Athens, Etruria, and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery
Author: Sheramy D. Bundrick
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2019-02-26
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0299321002

A lucrative trade in Athenian pottery flourished from the early sixth until the late fifth century B.C.E., finding an eager market in Etruria. Most studies of these painted vases focus on the artistry and worldview of the Greeks who made them, but Sheramy D. Bundrick shifts attention to their Etruscan customers, ancient trade networks, and archaeological contexts. Thousands of Greek painted vases have emerged from excavations of tombs, sanctuaries, and settlements throughout Etruria, from southern coastal centers to northern communities in the Po Valley. Using documented archaeological assemblages, especially from tombs in southern Etruria, Bundrick challenges the widely held assumption that Etruscans were hellenized through Greek imports. She marshals evidence to show that Etruscan consumers purposefully selected figured pottery that harmonized with their own local needs and customs, so much so that the vases are better described as etruscanized. Athenian ceramic workers, she contends, learned from traders which shapes and imagery sold best to the Etruscans and employed a variety of strategies to maximize artistry, output, and profit.

Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece

Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece
Author: Kristen Seaman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2017-06-09
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1107074460

Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece questions many long-held ideas and provides a deeper understanding of particular artists and architects.

Greek Art: From Oxford to Portugal and Back Again

Greek Art: From Oxford to Portugal and Back Again
Author: Rui Morais
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2017-04-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784915874

One of the most fascinating topics in the study of ancient art concerns artistic practices and models and the means of transmission of iconographic designs and decorative compositions. This study presents some examples that suggest the existence of pattern books Ancient Greece.

Body, Dress, and Identity in Ancient Greece

Body, Dress, and Identity in Ancient Greece
Author: Mireille M. Lee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2015-01-12
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1316194957

This is the first general monograph on ancient Greek dress in English to be published in more than a century. By applying modern dress theory to the ancient evidence, this book reconstructs the social meanings attached to the dressed body in ancient Greece. Whereas many scholars have focused on individual aspects of ancient Greek dress, from the perspectives of literary, visual, and archaeological sources, this volume synthesizes the diverse evidence and offers fresh insights into this essential aspect of ancient society. Intended to be accessible to nonspecialists as well as classicists, and students as well as academic professionals, this book will find a wide audience.

Euripides and the Language of Craft

Euripides and the Language of Craft
Author: Mary C. Stieber
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2011
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9004189068

This first in-depth account of Euripides' relationship with the visual arts demonstrates how frequently the tragedian used language to visual effect, whether through allusion or actual references to objects, motifs built around real or imaginary objects, or the use of technical terminology.

Greek Vases in Poland

Greek Vases in Poland
Author: John Davidson Beazley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1928
Genre: Vases
ISBN:

An account of the two collections of Greek vases in the Czartoryski family, and also of the collection at the University of Cracow.

Polygnotos and Vase Painting in Classical Athens

Polygnotos and Vase Painting in Classical Athens
Author: Susan B. Matheson
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 568
Release: 1995
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780299138707

Matheson provides the first comprehensive chronology for Polygnotos's own works, and then analyzes the distinctive, evolving Polygnotan style first isolated by Sir John Beazley, comparing this style to that of contemporary Athenian workshops and demonstrating its seminal influence on the later vase painting of southern Italy.