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The Sarpedon Krater : the life and afterlife of a Greek vase
Title:
The Sarpedon Krater : the life and afterlife of a Greek vase

The Landmark library

Sarpedon Krater.

Landmark library (Head of Zeus (Publisher))
Author:
Spivey, Nigel Jonathan, author.
ISBN:
9780226666594
Physical Description:
256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Series:
The Landmark library

Landmark library (Head of Zeus (Publisher))
General Note:
"This is an Apollo book, first published in the UK in 2018 by Head of Zeus Ltd."--Title page verso.
Contents:
Preface -- "The million-dollar vase" -- Euphronios and "the pioneers" -- Athens and the symposium -- Epic as education -- An image for the afterlife -- The afterlife of an image (i) -- The afterlife of an image (ii) -- Coda.
Abstract:
"Perhaps the most spectacular of all Greek vases, the Sarpedon krater depicts the body of Sarpedon, a hero of the Trojan War, being carried away to his homeland for burial. It was decorated some 2,500 years ago by Athenian artist Euphronios, and its subsequent history involves tomb raiding, intrigue, duplicity, litigation, international outrage, and possibly even homicide. How this came about is told by Nigel Spivey in a concise, stylish book that braids together the creation and adventures of this extraordinary object with an exploration of its abiding influence. Spivey takes the reader on a dramatic journey, beginning with the krater's looting from an Etruscan tomb in 1971 and its acquisition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, followed by a high-profile lawsuit over its status and its eventual return to Italy. He explains where, how, and why the vase was produced, retrieving what we know about the life and legend of Sarpedon. Spivey also pursues the figural motif of the slain Sarpedon portrayed on the vase and traces how this motif became a standard way of representing the dead and dying in Western art, especially during the Renaissance."--Publisher's description.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 10901996 NK4653 S3 S65 ysh
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