Daidalos and the origins of Greek art / Sarah P. Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Sarah P., 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Greek.

Arts--History.

Arts.

Daedalus (Greek mythological character).

Daedalus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1995.

Summary:

In a major revisionary approach to ancient Greek culture, Sarah Morris invokes as a paradigm the myths surrounding Daidalos to describe the profound influence of the Near East on Greece's artistic and literary origins.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE: A Reader's Guide and an Author's Apologia

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

DAIDALOS AND THE LEVANT PART I. Daidalos and Daidala in Greek Poetry

CHAPTER 1. Craft and Craftsmen in Epic Poetry

CHAPTER 2. Daidala in Archaic Poetry and Ritual

CHAPTER 3. Daidala in Classical and European Literature

PART II. Daidalos and Kadmos

CHAPTER 4. Da-da-re-jo and Kothar-wa-Hasis: From Ugarit to the Aege

CHAPTER 5. From Bronze to Iron: Greece and Its Oriental Culture

CHAPTER 6. Daidalos in Crete

CHAPTER 7. Daidalos in Sicily: Greeks and Phoenicians in the West

DAIDALOS AND ATHENS PART III. The Reincarnation of Daidalos

CHAPTER 8. Magic and Sculpture

CHAPTER 9. The "Daedalic" Style

CHAPTER 10. Daidalos in Athens: From the Throne of Xerxes to the Diphros of Daidalos

PART IV. From Daidalos to Theseus

CHAPTER 11. The Great Transformation: History into Art

CHAPTER 12. The Invention of Athens: History into Myth

CHAPTER 13. "Greeks" and "Barbarians": The Origins of Orientalism

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES

GENERAL INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Print version: Morris, Sarah P. Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Art

ISBN:

9780691241944

OCLC:

1292364611