| The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens Revised Edition Contributor(s): Robertson, Martin (Author), Martin, Robertson (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521338816 ISBN-13: 9780521338813 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1994 Annotation: In this book, Professor Martin Robertson draws together the results of a lifetime's study of Greek vase-painting, tracing the history of figure-drawing on Athenian pottery from the invention of the 'red-figure' technique in the later archaic period to the abandonment of figured vase-decoration two hundred years later. The book covers red-figure and also work produces over the same period in the same workshops in black-figure and other techniques, especially that of drawing in outline on a white ground. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Crafts & Hobbies | Pottery & Ceramics - Art | History - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 738.382 |
| LCCN: 91021355 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 8.26" W x 10.97" (1.80 lbs) 364 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, Professor Martin Robertson, author of A History of Greek Art (CUP 1975) and A Shorter History of Greek Art (CUP 1981), draws together the results of a lifetime's study of Greek vase-painting, tracing the history of figure-drawing on Athenian pottery from the invention of the red-figure technique in the later archaic period to the abandonment of figured vase-decoration two hundred years later. The book covers red-figure and also work produced over the same period in the same workshops in black-figure and other techniques, especially that of drawing in outline on a white ground. This book is a major contribution to the history of Greek vase-painting and anyone seriously interested in the subject--whether scholar, student, curator, collector or amateur--will find it essential reading. |