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Myth Into Artby H. A. Shapiro
Routledge 1994; US$ 42.95Myth into Art is a comparative study of mythological narrative in Greek poetry and the visual arts. Thirty of the major myths are surveyed, focusing on Homer, lyric poetry and Attic tragedy. On the artistic side, the emphasis is on Athenian and South Italian vases. The book offers undergraduate students an introduction both to mythology and to the use of visual sources in the study of Greek myth. more...
Earth, Fire, Water, Airby Helen Topliss
Allen & Unwin 2000; US$ 50.00A beautiful and fascinating collection of letters written by Australian potter Anne Dangar to fellow Australian artist Grace Crowley when Anne was an artist living in France during 1930 to 1951. more...
Sociology of Pottery in Ancient Palestineby Bryant G. Wood
Continuum International Publishing 1991; US$ 90.00This fundamental study offers a reconstruction of the social world in which pottery was manufactured, distributed and used in ancient Palestine. Part I concludes that ceramic wares in the Bronze and Iron Ages were mass-produced for commercial sale by small workshops, probably family owned and operated. The technological level was high, with potters' wheels and permanent kilns being used. Part II argues that ceramic styles were rapidly spread throughout Palestine, primarily by itinerant merchants who sold ordinary household wares over great distances. more...
Corinthian and Attic Vases in the Detroit Institute of Artsby Brian Madigan
BRILL 2007; US$ 173.00The collection of Greek vases in the Detroit Institute of Arts has been compiled over the course of the twentieth century to reflect the range of painting styles and shapes which characterize the period from the eighth through fourth centuries BC. This catalogue comprises those vases from Corinth and Athens with painted decoration. more...
The Arcanumby Janet Gleeson
Grand Central Publishing 2009; US$ 9.99An extraordinary episode in cultural & scientific history comes to life in the fascinating story of a genius, greed, & exquisite beauty revealed by the obsessive pursuit of the secret formula for one of the most precious commodities of eighteenth century European royalty-fine porcelain. more...
Figur ohne Raum?by Nikolaus Dietrich
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2010; US$ 140.00Nikolaus Dietrich legt ein allgemeines Modell zum Verständnis der Räumlichkeit griechischer Bilder vor, das er anhand einer Analyse von Landschaftselementen in der attischen Vasenmalerei des 6. und 5. Jh. v.Chr. entwickelt. Unser heutiges Konzept von Landschaftsraum erweist sich dabei als gänzlich ungeeignet für das Verständnis dieser Motive: Der Raum der griechischen Bilder stellt keine Vorstufe, sondern eine grundsätzliche Alternative zu dem uns seit der Renaissance geläufigen Bildraum dar. Damit wird die kulturelle Bedingtheit unseres Sehens deutlich. Neuer Band der hochwertig ausgestatteten Reihe ICON Reichhaltig bebilderte Studie Topthema der attischen Vasenmalerei more...
Chosen Pathby Mark Shapiro
The University of North Carolina Press 2010; US$ 40.00Renowned ceramic artist Karen Karnes has created some of the most iconic pottery of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The body of work she has produced in her more than sixty years in the studio is remarkable for its depth, personal voice, and consistent innovation. This book offers a comprehensive look at the life and work of Karnes. Edited by highly regarded studio potter Mark Shapiro, it combines essays by leading critics and scholars with color reproductions of more than sixty of her works, providing new perspectives for understanding the achievements of this extraordinary artist. more...
Amazing Sculpture You Can Doby E. J. Gold
Gateways Books & Tapes 2009; US$ 19.95Beautifully illustrated with instructional images, this guidebook enables artists of all levels to create their own unique clay sculptures. Topics covered include step-by-step procedures on how to pick an armature, clay application, tips on which tools to use, and suggestions for casting completed sculptures. more...
Art of Toshiko Takaezuby Peter Held
The University of North Carolina Press 2011; US$ 40.00Tracing the artistic development of renowned potter Toshiko Takaezu, this masterful study celebrates and analyzes an artist who holds a significant place in the post@-World War II craft movement in America. more...
Dionysos in Archaic Greeceby Cornelia Isler-Kerenyi
BRILL 2006; US$ 217.00For the Greek, Dionysos was a very important god: for individuals as well as for the community as a whole. As there are only a few written sources dating from before the 5th Century BC, the many images of Dionysos on Greek vases may well offer a genuine approach to the meaning given by the ancient viewer. This book explores the earliest images followed by those on small vases for private use, on mixing bowls of the symposion, on amphoras, on later drinking cups and on archaic sculptures. It gives an overview of Dionysian iconography of the 5th Century BC as well as an overall interpretation. The reader will learn why this god of vine and wine, of theatre and ecstasy, was so important for humans and why he played a key role in the life of the... more...









