Bronze monsters and the cultures of wonder : griffin cauldrons in the preclassical Mediterranean

1. Verfasser: Papalexandrou, Athanasios Christou, 1965- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.
Ausgabe: First edition.
Umfang/Format: xvi, 293 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm.
Schlagworte:
Kettles > Mediterranean Region.
Griffins in art
Pots > Mediterranean Region.
Bronze bowls > Mediterranean Region.
Art, Ancient > Mediterranean Region > Oriental influences.
Material culture > Mediterranean Region.
Griffons (Mythologie) dans l'art.
Mediterranean Region > Antiquities
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 2 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part I. Griffin cauldrons in contexts of life and death
  • Eastern Mediterranean, Ionia, and the Aegean
  • Mainland Greece
  • Italy and France
  • Part II. Sources for the lives of griffin cauldrons
  • Kolaios's monster cauldron at the Heraion of Samos (Herodotus 4.152)
  • Monsters in images: pictorial representations of griffin cauldrons
  • Part III. Responses to the uncanny
  • Vision of wonders
  • Conclusion. Disenchantment.

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