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Figures of Speech
Gloria Ferrari
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Description for Figures of Speech
Hardcover. Over the past 200 years, thousands of ancient Greek vases have been unearthed. Yet debate continues about what the images depicted on these vases actually meant to ancient Greek viewers. This work demonstrates how the study of visual images will enrich understanding of the ancient world. Num Pages: 408 pages, 149 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFPC; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 756.
Over the past two hundred years, thousands of ancient Greek vases have been unearthed. Yet debate continues about what the images depicted on these vases actually meant to ancient Greek viewers. In "Figures of Speech", Gloria Ferrari uses Athenian vases and other works of art from the Archaic and Classical periods (520 to 400BC) together with literary evidence to investigate what these monuments can tell us about Greek understandings of gender. She begins by developing a theory of visual representation, arguing that artistic images give us access to how their subjects were "imagined", not necesarily to how they really were. ... Read more
Over the past two hundred years, thousands of ancient Greek vases have been unearthed. Yet debate continues about what the images depicted on these vases actually meant to ancient Greek viewers. In "Figures of Speech", Gloria Ferrari uses Athenian vases and other works of art from the Archaic and Classical periods (520 to 400BC) together with literary evidence to investigate what these monuments can tell us about Greek understandings of gender. She begins by developing a theory of visual representation, arguing that artistic images give us access to how their subjects were "imagined", not necesarily to how they really were. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226244365
SKU
V9780226244365
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About Gloria Ferrari
Gloria Ferrari is professor of classical archaeology and art at Harvard University. She is the author, most recently, of Materiali del Museo Archeologico di Tarquinia XI: I vasi attici a figure rosse del periodo arcaico and of numerous articles on Greek and Roman art and culture.
Reviews for Figures of Speech
"Gloria Ferrari has made a career of questioning old assumptions about Athenian pottery, and her voice has for years been among the most exciting in the field of classics. Her long-awaited Figures of Speech is important, thought-provoking, and fiercely intelligent. There is much that is new, striking, and even brilliant in this book." - Richard T. Neer, author of Style ... Read more