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OverviewHow did the visual artist adapt mythological tales from Greek literature to the medium of painted poetry? Myth into Art is an introduction to this critical field of Greek iconography. The book focuses on the problem of narrative, the different means by which poet and painter tell the same story rather than presenting a conventional survey of Greek myths. The approach is a comparative one, with excerpts from Greek authors set alongside the corresponding images within a text. It is less a retelling of the myths than an interpretation of how they were rendered. Thirty well known myths are treated, covering the principal texts from the Homeric epics to the tragedies of fifth-century Athens. The artistic material, featuring 130 black and white illustrations, concentrates on the black and red figure cases of Athens and South Italy from the sixth to the fourth century BC. The book is thus an introduction both to the myths themselves and to the use of vase-painting as an essential primary source, alongside the texts, for an appreciation of the Greek view of myth. Myth into Art shows how the Greek artist was influenced by the poetic sources on which he drew and how the artist communicates with the viewer in a fundamentally different way from the poet and his audience. It is directed primarily at undergraduate students of classical civilisation, mythology, Greek literature and art. Full Product DetailsAuthor: H. A. ShapiroPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.362kg ISBN: 9780415067935ISBN 10: 0415067936 Pages: 220 Publication Date: 21 April 1994 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 INTRODUCTION The world of Greek myth, The place of the poet, The place of the artist, Poet and painter: Narrative strategies 2 EPIC Homer’s Iliad: The Trojan War, Homer’s Odyssey: The wanderings and homecoming of Odysseus, Hesiod: The creation of Pandora 3 LYRIC Stesichoros: Herakles and Geryon, Pindar’s victory odes, Bacchylides: Dithyrambs, 4 DRAMA Aeschylus, Sophocles, EuripidesReviewsThis excellent evocation of seminal plots in Greek stories paralleling ancient illiustrations will inform and please anyone who has already had an introduction to its subjects... Shapiro is finely sensitive to the aesthetics of the art images, noting their harmony or contrast with written forms that survive. <br>- Choice <br> 'Shapiro extends to students and their lecturers an extremely compelling invitation to study Greek myth as it should be studied, holistically through the visual as well as the textual documentation.' ? Scholia Reviews Author InformationH.A.Shapiro is Professor of Classics at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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