The art of libation in classical Athens / Milette Gaifman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaifman, Milette, 1971- author.

Contributor:

Yale University Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Classical--Greece--Athens.

Art, Classical.

Libations in art.

Libations--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.

Libations.

Greece--Athens.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 184 pages) : 130 color illustrations

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"This ... volume presents an innovative look at the imagery of libations, the most commonly depicted ritual in ancient Greece, and how it engaged viewers in religious performance. In a libation, liquid (water, wine, milk, oil, or honey) was poured from a vessel such as a jug or a bowl onto the ground, an altar, or another surface. Libations were made on occasions like banquets, sacrifices, oath-taking, departures to war, and visitations to tombs, and their iconography provides essential insight into religious and social life in 5th-century BC Athens. Scenes depicting the ritual often involved beholders directly, a statue's gaze might establish the onlooker as a fellow participant, or painted vases could draw parallels between human practices and acts of gods or heroes. Illustrated with a broad range of examples, including the Caryatids at the Acropolis, the Parthenon Frieze, Attic red-figure pottery, and funerary sculpture, this ... book demonstrates the power of Greek art to transcend the boundaries between visual representation and everyday experience"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction : Paths of response

Around the altar

Among us

Lamentations

Gods' libations.

Notes:

Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on July 2, 2019). based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-179) and index.

ISBN:

9780300247879

0300247877

OCLC:

1107052707