Master of Attic Black Figure Painting: The Art and Legacy of Exekias

Author:   Dr Elizabeth Moignard (University of Glasgow, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350197367


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   24 December 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Master of Attic Black Figure Painting: The Art and Legacy of Exekias


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The great 6th-century BCE Attic potter-painter Exekias is acclaimed as the most accomplished exponent of late 'black-figure' art. His vases, vessels, bowls and amphorae are reproduced on postcards and in other media all over the world. Despite his importance in the history of art and archaeology, little has been written about Exekias in his own right. Elizabeth Moignard, a leading historian of classical art, here corrects that neglect by addressing her subject as more than just a painter. She positions Exekias as a remarkable but nevertheless grounded and receptive man of his age, working in an Athens that was sensitive to Homeric literature and drawing on that great corpus of poetry to explore its own emerging concepts of honour, heroism, leadership and military tradition. Discussing a range of ceramic pieces, Moignard illustrates their impact and meaning, deconstructing iconic images like the suicide of Ajax; the voyage of Dionysus surrounded by dolphins; and the killing by Achilles of the Amazon queen Penthesilea. This book is the most complete introduction to its subject to be published in English.

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Author:   Dr Elizabeth Moignard (University of Glasgow, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9781350197367


ISBN 10:   135019736
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   24 December 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Elizabeth Moignard is Honorary Professorial Research Fellow in Classics and the History of Art at the University of Glasgow, UK. She is the author of fascicles 16 and 18 of the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, covering the Edinburgh Collection, the Hunterian Museum, the Burrell Collection, and Kelvingrove Museum.

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