Picturing death in classical Athens : the evidence of the white lekythoi / John H. Oakley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oakley, John Howard, 1949-

Series:

Cambridge studies in classical art and iconography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lecythi.

Vase-painting, Greek--Greece--Athens--Themes, motives.

Vase-painting, Greek.

Greeks--Funeral customs and rites.

Greeks.

Themes, motives.

Greece--Athens.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Examines the pictures found on Attic lekythois, funerary vases appreciated for their beautiful polychrome images.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260) and indexes.

ISBN:

0521820162

OCLC:

51323683

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