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Greek vase-painting and the origins of visual humour / Alexandre G. Mitchell.
Penn Museum Library NK4645 .M62 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchell, Alexandre G. (Alexandre Guillaume), 1974-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vase-painting, Greek.
- Wit and humor, Pictorial.
- Art and society--Greece.
- Art and society.
- Greece.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- Humour in the city: the world of men, women, and animals
- Humour in the city: gods, heroes, and myth
- Satyrs and comic parody
- Caricatures in Athens and at the Kabirion Sanctuary in Boeotia
- Conclusion: vases, humour, and society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780521513708
- 0521513707
- OCLC:
- 276142016
- Publisher Number:
- 99934996151
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