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Adonis : his representations in south Italian vase-painting / Alexander Cambitoglou ; edited by Jean-Paul Descœudres ; with the collaboration of Beatrice McLoughlin.
Fine Arts Library N7763.A35 C363 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cambitoglou, Alexander, author.
- Series:
- Hellas et Roma ; 18.
- Hellas et Roma ; vol. XVIII, 2018
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adonis (Greek deity)--Art.
- Adonis.
- Adonis (Greek deity).
- Vases, Ancient--Italy, Southern.
- Vases, Ancient.
- Vase-painting--Italy, Southern.
- Vase-painting.
- Southern Italy.
- Genre:
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- x, 98 pages, 35 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bern ; New York : Peter Lang, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Adonis, the beautiful youth, born of the myrrh tree, loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone, hardly needs any introduction. His legend, of Oriental origin, spread early and rapidly to Greece and Italy. In Athens, his cult is attested as early as the 5th century, though representations of him in the arts remain surprisingly rare. Not so in South Italy, where from the early 4th century on his myth inspired some of the greatest vase-painters, especially in Apulia. As the present systematic and richly illustrated analysis of his representations in South Italian Vase-painting, shows, Adonis played in Magna Graecia a much more important role than had hitherto been suspected."--Back cover.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the legend
- Arbitration by Zeus or Kalliope
- Adonis dying
- Adonis in the Underworld
- Adonis and Persephone
- Adonis with Persephone in Aphrodite's presence
- Adonis' anodos
- Adonis' anodos with Aphrodite
- Aphrodite's anodos
- Adonis on Mount Olympos
- Adonis (standing) and Aphrodite (seated)
- Adonis offering a hare (or a bird) to Aphrodite
- Adonis musicus with Aphrodite
- Aphrodite musica with Adonis
- Adonis and Aphrodite as lovers
- Aphrodite mourning
- Myrte mourning
- Adonis banqueting with Dionysos
- Echoes - Eros rising from the Underworld.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783034335409
- 3034335407
- OCLC:
- 1056779290
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