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Bronze monsters and the cultures of wonder : griffin cauldrons in the preclassical Mediterranean
- Title
- Bronze monsters and the cultures of wonder : griffin cauldrons in the preclassical Mediterranean / Nassos Papalexandrou.
- Author
- Papalexandrou, Athanasios Christou, 1965-
- Publication
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 293 pages : illustrations, map; 27 cm
- Summary
- "Due to their proximity, the interactions between Greece and the Near East were regular throughout antiquity, but the period of the 8th/7th centuries BCE is generally called the "Orientalizing Age" (from the Greek perspective) because of the marked influence that the Near East had on Greek thought, myth, and art during this time. Many of the mythological monsters we today think of as Greek had their origins to the east, including the griffin, a hybrid creature usually composed of the body, tail, and rear legs of a lion and the head, wings, and sometimes talons of an eagle. During this period, griffins were frequently included as protomes on Greek cauldrons, that is, an adornment featuring the head of a creature along the rim of the huge vessel. These griffin cauldrons have been discovered over much of the Mediterranean region, from Cyprus to Burgundy and the Loire valley of France, especially in sanctuaries of all sizes and elite tombs. Papalexandrou explores the 7th century as a time of wonder and radical innovation in the material and visual cultures of the Mediterranean with the griffin cauldrons as his case study, examining the possible reasons for their popularity, how and by whom they were used, their religious significance, and how they traveled across the region"--
- Subject
- Kettles > Mediterranean Region
- Griffins in art
- Pots > Mediterranean Region
- Bronze bowls > Mediterranean Region
- Art, Ancient > Mediterranean Region > Oriental influences
- Material culture > Mediterranean Region
- Antiquities
- Art, Ancient > Oriental influences
- Bronze bowls
- Kettles
- Material culture
- Pots
- Mediterranean Region > Antiquities
- Mediterranean Region
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part I. Griffin cauldrons in contexts of life and death -- Eastern Mediterranean, Ionia, and the Aegean -- Mainland Greece -- Italy and France -- Part II. Sources for the lives of griffin cauldrons -- Kolaios's monster cauldron at the Heraion of Samos (Herodotus 4.152) -- Monsters in images: pictorial representations of griffin cauldrons -- Part III. Responses to the uncanny -- Vision of wonders -- Conclusion. Disenchantment.
- Call Number
- JFF 22-177
- ISBN
- 9781477323618
- 1477323619
- LCCN
- 2021007056
- 40030839043
- OCLC
- 1240827942
- Author
- Papalexandrou, Athanasios Christou, 1965- author.
- Title
- Bronze monsters and the cultures of wonder : griffin cauldrons in the preclassical Mediterranean / Nassos Papalexandrou.
- Publisher
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030839043
- Research Call Number
- JFF 22-177