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Description:History, Ancient, Pottery, ceramic, ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE, GREEK PART III. THE SUBJECTS ON GREEK VASES CHAPTER XII. INTRODUCTORY—THE OLYMPIAN DEITIES Figured vases in ancient literature—Mythology and art—Relation of subjects on vases to literature—Homeric and dramatic themes and their treatment—Interpretation and classification of subjects—The Olympian deities—The Gigantomachia—The birth of Athena and other Olympian subjects—Zeus and kindred subjects—Hera—Poseidon and marine deities—The Eleusinian deities—Apollo and Artemis—Hephaistos, Athena, and Ares—Aphrodite and Eros—Hermes and Hestia. The representation of subjects from Greek mythology or daily life on vases was not, of course, confined to fictile products. We know that the artistic instincts of the Greeks led them to decorate almost every household implement or utensil with ornamental designs of some kind, as well as those specially made for votive or other non-utilitarian purposes. But the fictile vases, from the enormous numbers which have been preserved, the extraordinary variety of their subjects, and the fact that they cover such a wide period, have always formed our chief artistic source of information on the subject of Greek mythology and antiquities. Although (as has been pointed out in Chapter IV.) ancient literature contains scarcely any allusions to the painted vases, we have many descriptions of similar subjects depicted on other works of art, such as vases of wood and metal, from Homer downwards. The cup of Nestor (Vol. I. pp. 148, 172) was ornamented with figures of doves[1], and there is the famous description in the first Idyll of Theocritus[2] of the wooden cup (κισσύβιον) which represented a fisherman casting his net, and a boy guarding vines and weaving a trap for grasshoppers, while two foxes steal the grapes and the contents of his dinner-basket; the whole being surrounded, like the designs on some painted vases, with borders of ivy and acanthus. The so-called cup of Nestor (νεστορίς) at Capua[3] was inscribed with Homeric verses, and the σκύφος or cup of Herakles with the taking of Troy[4]. Anakreon describes cups ornamented with figures of Dionysos, Aphrodite and Eros, and the Graces[5]; and Pliny mentions others with figures of Centaurs, hunts and battles, and Dionysiac subjects[6]. Or, again, mythological subjects are described, such as the rape of the Palladion[7], Phrixos on the ram[8], a Gorgon and Ganymede[9], or Orpheus[10]; and other “storied” cups are described as being used by the later Roman emperors. But the nearest parallels to the vases described in classical literature are probably to be sought in the chased metal vases of the Hellenistic and Roman periods.[11] We read of scyphi Homerici, or beakers with Homeric scenes, used by the Emperor Nero, which were probably of chased silver[12]; and we have described in Chapter XI. what are apparently clay imitations of these vases, usually known as “Megarian bowls,” many bearing scenes from Homer in relief on the exterior. CONTENTS THE SUBJECTS ON GREEK VASES INTRODUCTORY—THE OLYMPIAN DEITIES DIONYSOS AND MISCELLANEOUS DEITIES HEROIC LEGENDS SUBJECTS FROM ORDINARY LIFE DETAILS OF TYPES, ARRANGEMENT, AND ORNAMENTATION INSCRIPTIONS ON GREEK VASES ITALIAN POTTERY ETRUSCAN AND SOUTH ITALIAN POTTERY TERRACOTTA IN ROMAN ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE ROMAN LAMPS ROMAN POTTERY: TECHNICAL PROCESSES, SHAPES, AND USES ROMAN POTTERY, HISTORICALLY TREATED; ARRETINE WARE ROMAN POTTERY (continued); PROVINCIAL FABRICSWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History of Ancient Pottery. Volume 2 (of 2) Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by H. B. Walters : (full image Illustrated). To get started finding History of Ancient Pottery. Volume 2 (of 2) Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by H. B. Walters : (full image Illustrated), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: History, Ancient, Pottery, ceramic, ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE, GREEK PART III. THE SUBJECTS ON GREEK VASES CHAPTER XII. INTRODUCTORY—THE OLYMPIAN DEITIES Figured vases in ancient literature—Mythology and art—Relation of subjects on vases to literature—Homeric and dramatic themes and their treatment—Interpretation and classification of subjects—The Olympian deities—The Gigantomachia—The birth of Athena and other Olympian subjects—Zeus and kindred subjects—Hera—Poseidon and marine deities—The Eleusinian deities—Apollo and Artemis—Hephaistos, Athena, and Ares—Aphrodite and Eros—Hermes and Hestia. The representation of subjects from Greek mythology or daily life on vases was not, of course, confined to fictile products. We know that the artistic instincts of the Greeks led them to decorate almost every household implement or utensil with ornamental designs of some kind, as well as those specially made for votive or other non-utilitarian purposes. But the fictile vases, from the enormous numbers which have been preserved, the extraordinary variety of their subjects, and the fact that they cover such a wide period, have always formed our chief artistic source of information on the subject of Greek mythology and antiquities. Although (as has been pointed out in Chapter IV.) ancient literature contains scarcely any allusions to the painted vases, we have many descriptions of similar subjects depicted on other works of art, such as vases of wood and metal, from Homer downwards. The cup of Nestor (Vol. I. pp. 148, 172) was ornamented with figures of doves[1], and there is the famous description in the first Idyll of Theocritus[2] of the wooden cup (κισσύβιον) which represented a fisherman casting his net, and a boy guarding vines and weaving a trap for grasshoppers, while two foxes steal the grapes and the contents of his dinner-basket; the whole being surrounded, like the designs on some painted vases, with borders of ivy and acanthus. The so-called cup of Nestor (νεστορίς) at Capua[3] was inscribed with Homeric verses, and the σκύφος or cup of Herakles with the taking of Troy[4]. Anakreon describes cups ornamented with figures of Dionysos, Aphrodite and Eros, and the Graces[5]; and Pliny mentions others with figures of Centaurs, hunts and battles, and Dionysiac subjects[6]. Or, again, mythological subjects are described, such as the rape of the Palladion[7], Phrixos on the ram[8], a Gorgon and Ganymede[9], or Orpheus[10]; and other “storied” cups are described as being used by the later Roman emperors. But the nearest parallels to the vases described in classical literature are probably to be sought in the chased metal vases of the Hellenistic and Roman periods.[11] We read of scyphi Homerici, or beakers with Homeric scenes, used by the Emperor Nero, which were probably of chased silver[12]; and we have described in Chapter XI. what are apparently clay imitations of these vases, usually known as “Megarian bowls,” many bearing scenes from Homer in relief on the exterior. CONTENTS THE SUBJECTS ON GREEK VASES INTRODUCTORY—THE OLYMPIAN DEITIES DIONYSOS AND MISCELLANEOUS DEITIES HEROIC LEGENDS SUBJECTS FROM ORDINARY LIFE DETAILS OF TYPES, ARRANGEMENT, AND ORNAMENTATION INSCRIPTIONS ON GREEK VASES ITALIAN POTTERY ETRUSCAN AND SOUTH ITALIAN POTTERY TERRACOTTA IN ROMAN ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE ROMAN LAMPS ROMAN POTTERY: TECHNICAL PROCESSES, SHAPES, AND USES ROMAN POTTERY, HISTORICALLY TREATED; ARRETINE WARE ROMAN POTTERY (continued); PROVINCIAL FABRICSWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History of Ancient Pottery. Volume 2 (of 2) Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by H. B. Walters : (full image Illustrated). To get started finding History of Ancient Pottery. Volume 2 (of 2) Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by H. B. Walters : (full image Illustrated), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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