Using images in late antiquity /
: This volume presents the proceedings of an international conference held at the Accademia of Danimarca in Rome 13-15 Jan 2010, organized inder the auspices of the research programme'art and social science in late antiquity... hosted by the Department of Classical Archaeology, Aarhus University. : viii, 312 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm. : Includes Bibliographical references and index. : 9781782972617
Polis and personification in classical Athenian art
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In this study Dr Smith investigates the use of political personifications in the visual arts of Athens in the Classical period (480-323 BCE). Whether on objects that served primarily private roles (e.g. decorated vases) or public roles (e.g. cult statues and document stelai), these personifications represented aspects of the state of Athens-its people, government, and events-as well as the virtues (e.g. Nemesis, Peitho or Persuasion, and Eirene or Peace) that underpinned it. Athenians used the same figural language to represent other places and their peoples. This is the only study that uses personifications as a lens through which to view the intellectual and political climate of Athens in the Classical period.
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Includes bibliography (p. [xiii]-xxxix) and indexes. :
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