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Afterlives Paul Zanker

Afterlives By Paul Zanker

Afterlives by Paul Zanker


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This richly illustrated volume presents Greek funerary monuments from The Metropolitan Museum of Arts outstanding collection that offer insight into all facets of life in ancient Greece.

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Afterlives: Ancient Greek Funerary Monuments in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Paul Zanker

In ancient Greece, funerary monuments were visual expressions of mourning that provided the opportunity for the living to commemorate and communicate with the dead. Today they offer a wealth of information about the deceased and the communities of which they were a part, for example, their status, material aspects of their lives, and how they wanted to be depicted.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the finest collections of Greek funerary monuments outside of Greece. This richly illustrated volume, by renowned author Paul Zanker, presents more than 50 outstanding examples, created from the 7th to the 2nd century B.C., that represent a variety of media and geographical regions.Through their shared focus on memorialising the dead, these extraordinary works of art offer insights into all facets of life in ancient Greece.

About Paul Zanker

Paul Zanker is former Dietrich von Bothmer Distinguished Research Scholar in the Department of Greek and Roman Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is the author of numerous publications, including The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus, Roman Portraits: Sculptures in Stone and Bronze in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Roman Art: A Guide Through The Metropolitan Museum of Arts Collection.

Table of Contents

Directors Foreword 7 Acknowledgments 9 Map 10 INTRODUCTION 13 I. THE ARCHAIC PERIOD 15 Funerary Ritual in the Visual Record Funerary Monuments of the Archaic Period II. THE CLASSICAL PERIOD 47 White-Ground Lekythoi Private Funerary Monuments Funerary Monuments of the Classical Period Three Akroteria from Inscribed Grave Stelai III. THE HELLENISTIC PEERIOD 117 Taranto Sculptures and Fragments from Free-Standing Tarentine Funerary Monuments Vases from Canosan Tombs in Daunia Funerary Vases from Centuripe, Sicily Lucanian Warrior Graves Grave Stelai and Funerary Vases from Alexandria Painted Grave Stelai from Alexandria Hadra Vases from Alexandria Hellenistic Funerary Stele from Asia Minor CONCLUSION 177 Bibliography 182 Concordance 186 Index of Names Inscribed on Works 186 Index 187 Credits and Copyright 192

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NGR9781785513848
9781785513848
1785513842
Afterlives: Ancient Greek Funerary Monuments in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Paul Zanker
New
Paperback
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
2022-05-12
192
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