Early Greek Vase Painting, 11th-6th Centuries BC: A Handbook (World of Art)

by BOARDMAN,JOHN

• ISBN13: 9780500203095
• ISBN10: 0500203091
• Edition: 00
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1998-05-17
• Publisher: THAMES&HUD

Summary

This book completes John Boardman's study of Greek vase painting in the World of Art. The author demonstrates that all the components of Greek art that were to culminate in the Classical styles of the fifth century can be traced in the development of vase painting in early Greece, from the eleventh to the sixth centuries B.C. The vases are the most prolific source for this study, as well as being invaluable documents of society, religion, trade, and colonization. The works discussed here display the Greek painter's craft at its most mathematical, its most colorful, and in its most directly narrative mode. The later achievements of Greek art can only be fully understood in light of this formative period of variety, competition, and experiment.

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION	7	(6)
2 THE PROTOGEOMETRIC STYLE	13	(10)
3 THE GEOMETRIC STYLE	23	(60)
4 THE ORIENTALIZING STYLE	83	(58)
5 EAST GREECE: ORIENTALIZING AND BLACK FIGURE	141	(36)
6 THE BLACK FIGURE STYLES	177	(80)
7 AFTERMATH	257	(6)
8 EARLY GREEK VASE PAINTING, ART AND LIFE	263	(8)
Chronological Chart	271	(1)
Maps	272	(2)
Acknowledgements	274	(1)
Abbreviations	275	(1)
Notes and Bibliographies	276	(5)
Index of Collections	281	(2)
Index of Figure Subjects and Decoration	283	(2)
General Index	285