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Title: KOMAST DANCERS IN ARCHAIC GREEK ART
By: Tyler Jo Smith
Format: Hardback

List price: £177.50


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ISBN 10: 0199578656
ISBN 13: 9780199578658
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 27 May, 2010
Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology
Pages: 392
Description: A fully illustrated study of the iconography of komast dancers ('revellers') in Archaic Greece. These figures appear in black-figure vase-painting and in other artistic media, and have long been associated with the worship of Dionysos, god of wine and drama, and the origins of Greek theatre.
Synopsis: Komast figures (literally 'revellers') on black-figure vases have long been associated with the worship of Dionysos and the origins of Greek drama. In this fully illustrated study, Tyler Jo Smith takes a fresh look at the evidence for komasts, both on vases and in other artistic media produced throughout Archaic Greece. She concludes that the meaning of the dancing figures differs between different regions, such as Corinth, Athens, and Laconia. Komasts are instrumental to the spread of the human figure in early Archaic Greek art and a vital link in the story of both visual and festival culture in Greece during the sixth century BC.
Illustrations: 5 figures, 148 black and white illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Returns: Non-returnable
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