Umfang:
xxix, 431 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Ausgabe:
First edition
ISBN:
019968233X
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9780199682331
Serie:
Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
Inhalt:
Since their discovery in nineteenth-century Russia, Greco-Scythian artefacts have been interpreted as masterpieces by Greek craftsmen working according to the tastes of the Scythian nomads and creating realistic depictions of their barbarian patrons. Drawing on a broad array of evidence from archaeology, art history and epigraphy to contextualize Greco-Scythian metalwork in ancient society, this volume confronts the deep confusion between ancient representation and historical reality in contemporary engagements with classical culture. It argues that the strikingly life-like figure scenes of Greco-Scythian art were integral to the strategies of a cosmopolitan elite who legitimated its economic dominance by asserting an intermediary cultural position between the steppe inland and the urban centres on the shores of the Black Sea
Anmerkung:
Dissertation Oxford University 2006
,
Introduction : Discovering Greco-Scythian artClassical art and Russian identity -- Defining the corpus : Chronology, technique, distribution -- Political monuments of the early Spartocid State -- Looking at Greco-Scythian art -- Greco-Scythian art in practice -- Conclusion.
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Meyer, Hans-Caspar, 1975 - Greco-Scythian art and the birth of Eurasia Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013 ISBN 9780191808555
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Griechenland
;
Skythen
;
Metallkunst
;
Russland
;
Antike
;
Skythen
;
Geschichte
;
Hochschulschrift
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