The Transformation of Athens : Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece / Robin Osborne.
The Transformation of Athens : Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece / Robin Osborne.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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G 2018/0970
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English
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xx, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), 27cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"Why did soldiers stop fighting, athletes stop competing, and lovers stop having graphic sex in classical Greek art? The scenes depicted on Athenian pottery of the mid-fifth century BC are very different from those of the late sixth century. Did Greek potters have a different world to see - or did they come to see the world differently? In this lav...
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The Transformation of Athens : Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece / Robin Osborne.
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Martin classical lectures
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-275) and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/0970
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74VKVNvqKowd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNvqKowd
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ISBN
0691177678
9780691177670
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738.38209385
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991024158713802626