Picturing Death in Classical Athens: The Evidence of the White Lekythoi

ISBN-13: 9780521820165 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 306 str.

John Oakley

Opis

The Attic white lekythoi, funerary vases long appreciated for their beautiful polychrome images, evoke the style of lost classical wall and mural paintings. This richly illustrated volume closely examines the four major types of scenes: domestic pictures; the mythological conductors of the soul; the prothesis (wake); and visits to the grave. John Oakley analyzes these pictures in context, documenting relationships between the "rites of passage," Athenian history, and the changing perceptions of death in fifth-century Athens.

Recenzje

'… richly illustrated … will be of great value to scholars of death ritual.' Mortality

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Domestic scenes; 3. The prothesis; 4. Myth and mythological figures; 5. Scenes at the grave; 6. Putting the pictures into context.