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The Sarpedon Krater : the life and afterlife of a Greek vase /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spivey, Nigel Jonathan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2019]
Series:Landmark library (Head of Zeus (Publisher))
Subjects:
Sarpedon Krater.
Sarpedon, > King of Lycia (Mythological character) > Art.
Euphronius, > active 520 B.C.-470 B.C. > Influence.
Kraters > Italy.
Kraters > Greece.
Vases, Greek > Italy.
Vases, Red-figured > Greece > Athens.
Vase-painting, Greek > Themes, motives.
Death in art.
Heroes in art.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • "The million-dollar vase"
  • Euphronios and "the pioneers"
  • Athens and the symposium
  • Epic as education
  • An image for the afterlife
  • The afterlife of an image (i)
  • The afterlife of an image (ii)
  • Coda.