The Image of the Artist in Archaic and Classical Greece: Art, Poetry, and Subjectivity

ISBN-13: 9781107543393 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 394 str.

Guy Hedreen

Opis

This book explores the persona of the artist in Archaic and Classical Greek art and literature.

Spis treści

Introduction: 'I am Odysseus'; 1. Smikros and Euphronios: pictorial alter ego; 2. Archilochos, the fictional creator-protagonist, and Odysseus; 3. Hipponax and his make-believe artists; 4. Hephaistos in epic: analog of Odysseus and antithesis to Thersites; 5. Pictorial subjectivity and the Shield of Achilles on the François vase; 6. Frontality, self-reference, and social hierarchy: three Archaic vase-paintings; 7. Writing and invention in the vase-painting of Euphronios and his circle; Epilogue: persuasion, deception, and artistry on a red-figure cup.