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How to Read Greek Vases

Mertens, Joan R. (2010)

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Table of contents

Director's Forward

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Vases

Suggested Reading

Index

Press reviews

Times Literary Supplement

"Mertens establishes a rapport with the reader ... excellent color illustrations."

The World of Interiors

"... excellent introductory section ... The book draws comparisons with other media and contexts to broaden our understanding of what we're looking at."

The Anglo-Hellenic Review

"... finely illustrated ... useful introduction ..."

American Journal of Archaeology

"This beautifully produced and elegantly written book provides a superb introduction to the appreciation of Greek vases by one of the foremost authorities on the subject ... the focus of the discussions is a personal one, and the narrative should be seen as a kind of extended gallery talk ... one comes away feeling that one has been reading something closer to a series of intricate poems than a group of scholarly essays."

Classical World

"The volume is beautifully produced and illustrated generously ... The entries are written by an expert, but pitched to the general reader ... the examples selected make clear the wide variety of fabrics and functions that fall under the label 'Greek vase' ... The general reader profits most, but there are new insights for the expert as well."

Choice

"Clear, lively and informative...Highly recommended."

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Authors: Joan R. Mertens

Artists: Amasis Painter (Greek, active ca. 560–515 B.C.) | Andokides Painter (Greek, active ca. 530–515/10 B.C.) | Briseis Painter (Attic vase painter, active ca. 480 B.C.) | CA Painter (Greek, active ca. 350-325 B.C.) | Capodimonte Painter (Greek, active ca. 325-305 B.C.) | Chigi Group | Class of Hamburg | Euergides Painter | Exekias (Greek, active 540–520 B.C.) | Group of the Phineus Painter | Hirschfeld Workshop (Greek, active ca. 750–730 B.C.) | Nausicaä Painter | Nearchos (Greek, active ca. 550–560 B.C.) | Painter of the Woolly Satyrs | Sappho Painter (Greek, active ca. 500–490 B.C.) | Sarpedon Painter (Greek, active ca. 400-360 B.C.) | Taleides Painter (Attic vase painter, active ca. 540–530 B.C.)

Keywords: Archaeology | Archaic Greece | Archaic sculpture | Black-figure | Classical | Classical Greece | Cycladic | Cypriot | Etruscan | Greco-Roman pottery | Greek | Hellenistic | Mycenaean | Red-figure | Terracotta | Vases

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