Greek vases : gods, heroes and mortals / Annika Backe-Dahmen, Ursula Kästner, Agnes Schwarzmaier ; photographs by Johannes Laurentius and Ingrid Geske.

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Backe-Dahmen, Annika [author]

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Scala ; [Berlin] : Antikensammlung-Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, c2010.Description: 128 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781857596069
1857596064

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DDC classification:

738.3820938

Summary: "Greek vases are a vital source of information of mythology and society in ancient Greece. These painted clay vessels played a variety of roles in daily life and religious ritual, and the pictures and patterns on them provide a key to understanding these roles. The Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities) in Berlin stretches back more than 300 years, and vase paintings illustrating well-known myths and sagas have long been a key field of interest. Today the Berlin collection ranks alongside those of the British Museum, the Louvre, the Hermitage and the Metropolitan Museum as one of the largest and most diverse of its kind. This lavishly illustrated new book is the first to focus exclusively on the Greek vase collections of the Berlin State Museums. The authors, all distinguished specialists on the collection, have selected 62 of its finest works and provided an expert commentary." -- Publisher's description

List(s) this item appears in: Anne Stewart's Collection

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	738.3820938 BAC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011491

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"Greek vases are a vital source of information of mythology and society in ancient Greece. These painted clay vessels played a variety of roles in daily life and religious ritual, and the pictures and patterns on them provide a key to understanding these roles.
The Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities) in Berlin stretches back more than 300 years, and vase paintings illustrating well-known myths and sagas have long been a key field of interest. Today the Berlin collection ranks alongside those of the British Museum, the Louvre, the Hermitage and the Metropolitan Museum as one of the largest and most diverse of its kind.
This lavishly illustrated new book is the first to focus exclusively on the Greek vase collections of the Berlin State Museums. The authors, all distinguished specialists on the collection, have selected 62 of its finest works and provided an expert commentary." -- Publisher's description