The centaur's smile : the human animal in early Greek art / J. Michael Padgett ; with contributions by William Childs ... [and others]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Padgett, J. Michael.

Contributor:

Childs, William A. P., 1942-

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Greek.

Animals, Mythical, in art.

Physical Description:

xx, 406 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Art Museum ; New Haven, Conn. : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2003.

Summary:

- This book is the catalogue for an exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum (October 11, 2003 to January 18, 2004) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (February 22 to May 16, 2004).Distributed for the Princeton University Art Museum

Contents:

Horse men: centaurs and satyrs in early Greek art / J. Michael Padgett

The human animal: the Near East and Greece / William A.P. Childs

"Pelora": fabulous creatures and/or demons of death? / Despoina Tsiafakis

Catalogue of the exhibition. Egyptian and Near Eastern Mischwesen. Centaurs. Horsemen. Satyrs. Sphinxes. Sirens. Gorgons. Minotaur. Acheloos. Nereus and Triton. Typhon. Pan.

Notes:

Catalogue of an exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum (October 11, 2003 to January 18, 2004) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (February 22 to May 16, 2004).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0300101635

0943012406

OCLC:

52566572