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The art of libation in classical Athens
- Title
- The art of libation in classical Athens / Milette Gaifman.
- Author
- Gaifman, Milette, 1971-
- Publication
- New Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | BL795.L53 G53 2018g | Off-site |
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- Description
- ix, 184 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm
- Summary
- This volume presents an innovative look at the imagery of libations, the most commonly depicted ritual in ancient Greece, and how it engaged viewers in religious performance. In a libation, liquid, water, wine, milk, oil, or honey, was poured from a vessel such as a jug or a bowl onto the ground, an altar, or another surface. Libations were made on occasions like banquets, sacrifices, oath-taking, departures to war, and visitations to tombs, and their iconography provides essential insight into religious and social life in 5th-century BC Athens. Scenes depicting the ritual often involved beholders directly - a statue's gaze might establish the onlooker as a fellow participant, or painted vases could draw parallels between human practices and acts of gods or heroes. Illustrated with a broad range of examples, including the Caryatids at the Acropolis, the Parthenon Frieze, Attic red-figure pottery, and funerary sculpture, this important book demonstrates the power of Greek art to transcend the boundaries between visual representation and everyday experience.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-179) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : Paths of response -- Around the altar -- Among us -- Lamentations -- Gods' libations -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9780300192278
- 0300192274
- LCCN
- 99980400432
- OCLC
- on1002129868
- 1002129868
- SCSB-9614035
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries