The imagery of the Athenian symposium

The imagery of the Athenian symposium / Kathryn Topper, University of Washington, Seattle.

"This book offers a new interpretation of sympotic scenes in sixth- and fifth-century BC Athenian vase painting. Through these images, the book explores what it meant to be a Greek community and how Athenians thought about past and present"--Provided by publisher.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Topper, Kathryn, 1978-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Vase-painting, Greek > Greece > Athens.
Symposium (Classical Greek drinking party) in art.
Art and society > Greece > Athens.
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Summary:"This book offers a new interpretation of sympotic scenes in sixth- and fifth-century BC Athenian vase painting. Through these images, the book explores what it meant to be a Greek community and how Athenians thought about past and present"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Harvard University, 2007) under title: Symposium and its past in Athenian vase painting, ca. 530--450 B.C.
Physical Description:xii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index.
ISBN:9781107011021 (hardback)
1107011027 (hardback)

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