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New studies on the interaction of various media in ancient Greek
art This collection includes twenty-one new essays by leading
scholars in the field of Greek art and archaeology. Exploring a
range of media including vase painting, sculpture, gems and coins,
they each address questions that cross the boundaries of
specialised fields. They outline the range of visual experiences at
stake in the various media used in antiquity and shed light on the
specificities of each medium. They show how meaning is produced,
according to the nature of the medium: its use, context and
enunciative structure. Also explored are the different
methodologies used to produce meaning: how do images 'make', or
create, sense to their ancient viewers and how can we now access
those meanings? This richly illustrated volume offers new
interpretations and arguments concerning fundamental questions in
the field, which expand our knowledge and understanding of Greek
art, patrons and viewers.
In deepening our understanding of the symposium in ancient Greece,
this book embodies the wit and play of the images it explains:
those decorating Athenian drinking vessels from the sixth and fifth
centuries B.C. The vases used at banquets often depict the actual
drinkers who commissioned their production and convey the flowing
together of wine, poetry, music, games, flirtation, and other
elements that formed the complex structure of the banquet itself. A
close reading of the objects handled by drinkers in the images
reveals various metaphors, particularly that of wine as sea, all
expressing a wide range of attitudes toward an ambiguous substance
that brings cheer but may also cause harm. Not only does this work
offer an anthropological view of ancient Greece, but it explores a
precise iconographic system. In so doing it will encourage and
enrich further reflection on the role of the image in a given
culture. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library
uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
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