Image and Myth: A History of Pictorial Narration in Greek Art.

Schutzumschlag minimal berieben, sonst ein tadelloses Exemplar / Dust jacket minimally rubbed, otherwise a pristine copy. - Contents Preface: The Pictorial Deluge and the Study of Visual Culture 1 Images and Texts Compared: A Diagnosis of Contrasts Revisiting Lessing�s Laocoon Taking Lessing beyond Lessing 2 Images of the World: The Eighth Century The Shield of Achilles: Description and Narration 1 Fighting Lions Seafarer�s Farewell Siamese Twins Aristocratic Life and Aristocratic Death Warriors to Sea 3 The Advent of Pictorial Narratives in the Seventh Century The Horse on Wheels Polyphemos, the Defenseless Giant Epic or Folktale? 4 Playing with Writing in the Eighth, Seventh, and Sixth Centuries Painters Learn to Write Name Inscriptions Confirming Narrative Content Name Inscriptions Generating Narrative Content Everymans Armor: Achilles� Armor Kleitias and the Muses 5 Directing the Gaze in the Sixth and Fifth Centuries Polyphemos Again: The Synchronization of Narrative Images Hektor�s Corpse: The Surprise at Dinner The Hero and the Sorceress: Moments of Suspense The Murder of Priam: Unparalleled Barbarity The Fall of Troy: Combining Multiple Scenes Victor and Vanquished: The Limits of Narration and the Possibilities of Description 6 Images in the Pull of Text: From the Fifth to the Fourth Century Achilles� Wrath and Achilles� Lyre From Oraliture to Literature: The Emergence of a Culture of Reading Hastening Furies: Sleeping Furies 7 Pictures for Readers: The Birth of the Illustration in the Second Century Splendor and Misery of an Odyssey Picture Cycle The Triumph of Texts and the Fidelity of Images 8 Looking Back: Pitfalls and Nodes Appendix Excursus 1: On the Interpretation of the Theseus and Ariadne Scene on the Kleitias Krater Excursus 2: On the Reconstruction of the Brygos Painter�s Kirke Cup (Athens, Acr. 293) Notes Bibliography Name and Subject Index Index of Ancient Greek Artworks. ISBN 9780226297651