Sotades : Symbols of Immortality on Greek Vases
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In this book the author explores the work of the fifth-century BC Athenian vase-painter, Sotades, one of the most familiar names in vase painting. Previous scholarship has dealt mainly with questions of attribution, style, and iconographic interpretation, but Dr Hoffman concentrates on
inherent meaning: what does the imagery of these decorated vases really signify. He argues that, contrary to widely held conceptions, there is an underlying unity of meaning in Greek vases and their imagery, a unity rooted in the religious beliefs and ritual practices of the society from which they
spring. Each chapter discusses a specific aspect of the artist's iconology, placing it in the context of fifth-century BC Greek philosophical and religious thought.
Sotades: Symbols of Immortality on Greek Vases ,Herbert Hoffmann,Oxford University Press, USA,019815061X,Archaeology,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Classic Art,Criticism and interpretation,History - Ancient & Classical,History - General,Immortality in art,Individual Painters And Their Work,Literature: Classics,Pottery & Ceramics,Sotades,Themes, motives,Vases, Greek,Ancient Greece,Art / History / European,Ceramics,Classical Greek & Roman archaeology,Classical Studies | Ancient Art & Architecture,History of art: BCE to c 500 CE, ancient & classical world,Religious subjects depicted in art
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