A city of images. Iconography and society in ancient Greece. Antiquité the Roman period and later

the Roman period and later

à travers plus d'une trentaine d'oeuvres qui offrent une vision transversale des grands mouvements artistiques européens

jusqu’au Xᵉ siècle de notre ère

L'histoire

tandis que le troisième style

A city of images. Iconography and society in ancient Greece. Antiquité the Roman period and laterThis handsome and lavishly illustrated volume invites the reader to explore the exotic and distant world of Greek culture not primarily the conventional literary idea of that culture but the range of experiences presented in its iconography. Between the sixth and fifth centuries B. C., Athenian artisans flooded the Mediterranean world with remarkable decorated vases depicting a large variety of images. Using the resources of social and religious