Art and Myth in Ancient Greece: Second Edition
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- Author：Thomas H. Carpenter
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Summary
The ancient Greeks recorded their mythology on vase paintings， engraved gems， and bronze and stone sculptures， offering depictions that often predate any references to the myths in literature or recount alternative， unfamiliar versions of these tales。 In some cases， visual art provides our only evidence of these myths， as there are no surviving accounts in ancient Greek literature of stories such as the Fall of Troy or Theseus and the Minotaur。
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece is a comprehensive survey of myth as it appears in Greek art。 This classic volume has been updated with text and full-color images of more than three hundred scenes from Greek sculptures， vases， and gems。 Aiding in the identification of mythological scenes and explaining chronological developments in style and subject matter， this book is an essential reference for anyone interested in the art， drama， poetry， or religion of ancient Greece。
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece is a comprehensive survey of myth as it appears in Greek art。 This classic volume has been updated with text and full-color images of more than three hundred scenes from Greek sculptures， vases， and gems。 Aiding in the identification of mythological scenes and explaining chronological developments in style and subject matter， this book is an essential reference for anyone interested in the art， drama， poetry， or religion of ancient Greece。
Reviews
Maria
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"Art and Myth in Ancient Greece" （1991） by Professor Emeritus at Ohio University Thomas H。 Carpenter。Confusing how the book is set up。 In each chapter it was structured by around 15 pages of only text followed everytime by several pages with lots of connected pictures to reference in the text before in the same chapter。 To understand fully what is written about， you have to flip pages constantly to have any idea about what Carpenter is writing about。 Would rather have the reference near the text "Art and Myth in Ancient Greece" （1991） by Professor Emeritus at Ohio University Thomas H。 Carpenter。Confusing how the book is set up。 In each chapter it was structured by around 15 pages of only text followed everytime by several pages with lots of connected pictures to reference in the text before in the same chapter。 To understand fully what is written about， you have to flip pages constantly to have any idea about what Carpenter is writing about。 Would rather have the reference near the text， so you don't have to constantly search for answers。 。。。more
Rosa
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Information dump that manages to be both incredibly banal and confusing simultaneously
Xander
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Information dump followed by an image dump in all chapters。 Not particularly fluid and not a great writing style。 Overall， some good choices of images and some good info。 Will come in useful for later referencing。
Inez Beall
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Love Medusa。
Iana Gutnik
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As per the introduction， this book gives a very topical， general gist of Greek myths and their respective depictions。 The book is good for its purposes。 You would have to look elsewhere for further analysis of any particular myth/artwork。
Margaret Sankey
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Carpenter explores how changes in the visual representation of myths parallels the changing perception of the stories by Greek people--for example， Theseus' evolving role from killer of the Minotaur （establishing Athens over Crete） to hero of the Centaur War （establishing Athens over Persia） and then the backstory and emotional shading added by classical dramatists who took the material and ran with it。 Carpenter explores how changes in the visual representation of myths parallels the changing perception of the stories by Greek people--for example， Theseus' evolving role from killer of the Minotaur （establishing Athens over Crete） to hero of the Centaur War （establishing Athens over Persia） and then the backstory and emotional shading added by classical dramatists who took the material and ran with it。 。。。more
Gavin White
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I read this ages ago and have occasionally come back to it to explore certain chapters。 The author takes various myths or heroes and explores them from an artistic and literary perspective。 For me the real value of this book is that it shows that written myths and ancient art often don't correspond with each other。 Greek artworks often show that there were alternative versions of myths known in ancient times with different protagonists or events。 Sometimes one icon， for instance Pegasus and Medu I read this ages ago and have occasionally come back to it to explore certain chapters。 The author takes various myths or heroes and explores them from an artistic and literary perspective。 For me the real value of this book is that it shows that written myths and ancient art often don't correspond with each other。 Greek artworks often show that there were alternative versions of myths known in ancient times with different protagonists or events。 Sometimes one icon， for instance Pegasus and Medusa， can even have different interpretations applied to it。 The book really helped me to start thinking about myths in very pictorial terms; and to concentrate on this as the central proposition conveyed by the text。 。。。more
Molly Ringle
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I didn't read every word of all chapters; I skimmed some。 But this was an interesting and different angle from which to come at Greek mythology， as well as serving as a useful bit of ancient art history。 At least I now can use terms like "red-figure" and "black-figure，" and have a better idea of why the scenes are often all jumbled together with lots of action seemingly happening at once。 （Answer: because they didn't know about comic-book-style frames yet to separate one scene from another。） I didn't read every word of all chapters; I skimmed some。 But this was an interesting and different angle from which to come at Greek mythology， as well as serving as a useful bit of ancient art history。 At least I now can use terms like "red-figure" and "black-figure，" and have a better idea of why the scenes are often all jumbled together with lots of action seemingly happening at once。 （Answer: because they didn't know about comic-book-style frames yet to separate one scene from another。） 。。。more
Seda
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I use this book for a art history class and it is very beneficial。 Great pictures of the Ancient Greek arts and neatly captioned and very explanatory。 If you are majoring in art， or interested in Ancient Greek art I highly recommend this book。
Manuel Vega
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The best are the pictures， grouped in myths。 Really extensive。 Unfortunately， the author avoids entirely other discussion than the artistic。
Maccabee
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An excellent introduction to exactly that which it claims: Art and Myth in Ancient Greece。 Text and illustrations are sufficient to fan the flames of a lifelong passion for all things Greek。 Consider yourself warned。
Ingrid
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