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The Transformation of Athens : Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece / Robin Osborne.

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The Transformation of Athens : Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece / Robin Osborne.

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The Transformation of Athens : Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece / Robin Osborne.

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Full title

The Transformation of Athens : Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece / Robin Osborne.

Publisher

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Call Numbers

G 2018/0970

Record Identifier

74VKVNvqKowd

MMS ID

991024158713802626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xx, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), 27cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Publication information

Publisher

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Place of Publication

New Jersey

Date Published

[2018]

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Scope and Contents

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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Full title

The Transformation of Athens : Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece / Robin Osborne.

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Notes

General note

Martin classical lectures

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-275) and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2018

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2018/0970

Record Identifier

74VKVNvqKowd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNvqKowd

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ISBN

0691177678

9780691177670

DDC

738.38209385

MMS ID

991024158713802626

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