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L'esthétique des fleurs : kosmos, poikilia et kharis dans la céramique attique du VIe et du Ve siècle av. n. ère / Nikolina Kéi.
LIBRA NK4645 .K45 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Kéi, Nikolina, author.
- Series:
- Image & context ; v. 22.
- Image & context, 1868-4777 ; volume 22
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Vases, Greek.
- Vase-painting, Greek--Themes, motives.
- Vase-painting, Greek.
- Plants in art.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 528 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : De Gruyter, [2022]
- Language Note:
- Text in French; summary in English.
- Summary:
- "Flowers and florals on Attic vases are usually neglected in scholarship and that because they are considered as meaningless, superfluous ornaments which in the best case, can serve to chronological and typological classifications. The purpose of my book is to show that flowers and florals, far from being mere ornaments, have a very meaningful existence: when represented in interaction with figures, they operate as figurative agents and polyvalent signs. Source of multisensory delight, they convey a reservoir of values linked to the notions of kosmos (adornment, order, arrangement), of poikilia (variety, diversity), and that of kharis in its declinations personified by the Kharites, Aglaia (physical beauty, youth, radiance), Thalia (abundance, generosity, favour and gift) and Euphrosyne (jubilation and pleasure of the senses). In other words, flowers and florals, however minor and peripheral they may seem, help us to better apprehend the archaic and classical Athenian society. They also show us how fictitious are our modern categories of "figure" and "ornament", when used in the case of Attic vases."--publisher's website.
- Contents:
- Remerciements
- Introduction générale
- Le kosmos de l'ornementation florale
- Brefparcours historique de l'étude de l'ornement
- Les fleurs ornementales sont-elles des vraies fleurs ?
- L'ornementation florale des vases : propriétés décoratives, organisatrices, figuratives et sémantiques
- Encadrement
- Modes d'interaction entre le "registre ornemental" et le "registre figuratif"
- Émancipation des motifs floraux
- Conclusion
- Lapoikilia florale des objets figurés sur les vases attiques
- Vêtements
- Armes
- Couronnes
- Sceptres
- Miroirs
- Meubles de luxe : sièges, lits, coffres et coffrets
- Trépieds et bassins
- Vases en terre cuite
- Éléments architecturaux : autelset stèles funéraires
- La kharis des fleurs
- Aglaïè ou la kharis d'une jeunesse resplendissante
- Les fleurs des filles à la fleur de l'âge
- Des fleurs pour des hommes ?
- Une kharis inattendue : le cas de la ménade, du satyre et de la sirène
- Les fleurs des dieux
- Thaliè ou le don gracieux
- La fleur en tant que signe de salutation et de reconnaissance
- La fleur en tant quedon érotique
- Un cas particulier
- Fleurs de rite
- Euphrosynè ou le plaisir des sens
- Le corps athlétiqueen spectacle
- La musique en spectacle
- Banquet
- Danse
- Conclusion générale
- English summary
- Annexes
- Notes
- Références Bibliographiques
- Crédits des Illustrations
- Index des vases cités
- Index général
- Planches en Couleur.
- Notes:
- Thesis (doctoral)--EHESS, 2010.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-462) and index.
- Other Format:
- ePub
- ISBN:
- 9783110457094
- 3110457091
- OCLC:
- 1287230627
- Publisher Number:
- 9783110457094
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