The Trojan War In Ancient Art

Author : Susan Woodford
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN : 0801481643

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The Trojan War in Ancient Art by Susan Woodford Pdf

The legendary characters of the Trojan War captured the imaginations not only of Greek and Roman writers, but of countless visual artists as well. A vibrant retelling of the Trojan myths, this handsomely illustrated book brings to life for today's...

Author : Anthony F. Mangieri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351863216

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Virgin Sacrifice in Classical Art by Anthony F. Mangieri Pdf

The Trojan War begins and ends with the sacrifice of a virgin princess. The gruesome killing of a woman must have captivated ancient people because the myth of the sacrificial virgin resonates powerfully in the arts of ancient Greece and Rome. Most scholars agree that the Greeks and Romans did not practice human sacrifice, so why then do the myths of virgin sacrifice appear persistently in art and literature for over a millennium? Virgin Sacrifice in Classical Art: Women, Agency, and the Trojan War seeks to answer this question. This book tells the stories of the sacrificial maidens in order to help the reader discover the meanings bound up in these myths for historical people. In exploring the representations of Iphigeneia and Polyxena in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art, this book offers a broader cultural history that reveals what people in the ancient world were seeking in these stories. The result is an interdisciplinary study that offers new interpretations on the meaning of the sacrificial virgin as a cultural and ideological construction. This is the first book-length study of virgin sacrifice in ancient art and the first to provide an interpretive framework within which to understand its imagery.

Author : Steven Lowenstam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015073626866

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As Witnessed by Images by Steven Lowenstam Pdf

Lowenstam identifies a variety of images and interpretations--some regarded Achilles as a hero, others believed him to be a cruel bully--that reflect and directly respond to the ancient heroic tradition from which the Iliad and Odyssey evolved.

Author : Carol G. Thomas,Craig Conant
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0806138742

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The Trojan War by Carol G. Thomas,Craig Conant Pdf

Surveys the historical underpinnngs of the Heroic Age in ancient Greek tradition.

Author : Ayse Papatya Bucak
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781324002987

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The Trojan War Museum: and Other Stories by Ayse Papatya Bucak Pdf

A debut story collection of spectacular imaginative range and lyricism from a Pushcart Prize–winning author. In Ayse Papatya Bucak’s dreamlike narratives, dead girls recount the effects of an earthquake and a chess-playing automaton falls in love. A student stops eating and no one knows whether her act is personal or political. A Turkish wrestler, a hero in the East, is seen as a brute in the West. The anguish of an Armenian refugee is “performed” at an American fund-raiser. An Ottoman ambassador in Paris amasses a tantalizing collection of erotic art. And in the masterful title story, the Greek god Apollo confronts his personal history and bewails his Homeric reputation as he tries to memorialize, and make sense of, generations of war. A joy and a provocation, Bucak’s stories confront the nature of historical memory with humor and humanity. Surreal and poignant, they examine the tension between myth and history, cultural categories and personal identity, performance and authenticity.

Author : Homer,William Lucas Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN3QA2

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The Iliad by Homer,William Lucas Collins Pdf

Author : Barry Strauss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780743264426

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The Trojan War by Barry Strauss Pdf

Drawing on archaeological research, an expert account of the famous historical battle confirms many details recounted in Homer's epic account, from Troy's alliance with the Hittite Empire to the significant fire at the end of the twelfth century and facts

Author : Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1965*
Category : Art and mythology
ISBN : OCLC:2233405

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The Trojan War in Greek Art by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Pdf

Author : Emily Little
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-28
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780307771483

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The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little Pdf

Illus. in full color. "An ancient history lesson emerges from this account of the way the Greeks tricked the Trojans and rescued Helen of Troy. The book is well tailored to younger readers with careful explanations and short sentences; a pronunciation guide is appended. Drawings portray the story's main events. A nice supplement to units on ancient Greece or mythology."--Booklist.

Author : Peter Schertz,Nicole Stribling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art, Greek
ISBN : 099689053X

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The Horse in Ancient Greek Art by Peter Schertz,Nicole Stribling Pdf

Horses were revered in ancient Greece as symbols of wealth, power, and status. On stunning black- and red-figure vases, in sculpture, and in other media, Greek artists depicted the daily care of horses, chariot and horseback races, scenes of combat, and mythological horse-hybrids such as satyrs and the winged Pegasus. This richly illustrated and handsomely designed volume includes over 80 objects showing scenes of ancient equestrian life. Essays by notable scholars of ancient Greek art and archaeology explore the indelible presence and significance horses occupied in numerous facets of ancient Greek culture, including myth, war, sport, and competition, shedding new light on horsemanship from the 8th through the 4th century BCE.

Author : Eric H. Cline
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199760275

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The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction by Eric H. Cline Pdf

Using a combination of archaeological data, textual analysis, and ancient documents, this Very Short Introduction to the Trojan War investigates whether or not the war actually took place, whether archaeologists have correctly identified and been excavating the ancient site of Troy, and what has been found there.

Author : T. H. Carpenter
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780500776056

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Art and Myth in Ancient Greece by T. H. Carpenter Pdf

The Greek myths are so much part of our culture that we tend to forget how they entered it in the first place. Visual sources vase paintings, engraved gems and sculpture in bronze and stone often pre-date references to the myths in literature, or offer alternative, unfamiliar tellings. In some cases visual art provides our only evidence, as there is no surviving account in ancient Greek literature of such important stories as the Fall of Troy, or Theseus and the Minotaur. T. H. Carpenters book is the first comprehensive, scholarly yet succinct survey of myth as it appears in Greek art. Copiously illustrated, it is an essential reference work for everybody interested in the art, drama, poetry or religion of ancient Greece. With this handbook as a guide, readers will be able to identify scenes from myth across the full breadth of archaic and classical Greek art.

Author : Margaret George
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101218792

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Helen of Troy by Margaret George Pdf

Acclaimed author Margaret George tells the story of the legendary Greek woman whose face "launched a thousand ships" in this New York Times bestseller. The Trojan War, fought nearly twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ, and recounted in Homer's Iliad, continues to haunt us because of its origins: one woman's beauty, a visiting prince's passion, and a love that ended in tragedy. Laden with doom, yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty, Helen of Troy is an exquisite page-turner with a cast of irresistible, legendary characters—Odysseus, Hector, Achilles, Menelaus, Priam, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, as well as Helen and Paris themselves. With a wealth of material that reproduces the Age of Bronze in all its glory, it brings to life a war that we have all learned about but never before experienced.

Author : Michael Wood
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781448141456

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In Search Of The Trojan War by Michael Wood Pdf

For thousands of years we have been enthralled by tales of Troy and its heroes. Achilles and Hector, Paris and the famed beauty Helen remain some of the most enduring figures in art and literature. But did these titanic characters really walk the earth? Was there ever an actual siege of Troy? In this extensively revised edition, historian Michael Wood takes account of the latest dramatic developments in the search for Troy. His wide-ranging study of the complex archaeological, literary and historical records has been brought up-to-date. Detailing the rediscovery in Moscow of the so-called jewels of Helen and the re-excavation of the site of Troy begun in 1988, which continues to yield new evidence about the historical city, In Search of the Trojan War takes a fresh look at some of the most excited discoveries in archaeology. A dazzling and exhaustive analysis. Washington Post This beautifully illustrated book vividly evokes themes that are central to our civilizations quest for its past. The New York Times Book Review

Author : Guy Michael Hedreen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015047514032

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Capturing Troy by Guy Michael Hedreen Pdf

An investigation into how imagery on Greek vases is or is not used as narrative, and the extent to which visual imagery depends upon literary sources