A01=Herbert Hoffmann
Author_Herbert Hoffmann
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Product details
- ISBN 9780198150619
- Weight: 632g
- Dimensions: 196 x 256mm
- Publication Date: 13 Nov 1997
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In this book the author explores the work of the fifth-century BC Athenian vase-painter, Sotades, one of the most familiar names in vase painting. Previous scholarship has dealt mainly with questions of attribution, style, and iconographic interpretation, but Dr Hoffman concentrates on inherent meaning: what does the imagery of these decorated vases really signify? He argues that, contrary to widely held conceptions, there is an underlying unity of meaning in Greek vases and their imagery, a unity rooted in the religious beliefs and ritual practices of the society from which they spring. Each chapter discusses a specific aspect of the artist's iconology, placing it in the context of fifth-century BC Greek philosophical and religious thought.
