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The Red and the Black: Approaches to Greek Painted Pottery | 
 enlarge | Author: Brian A Sparkes
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
List Price: $40.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1147817
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 203
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0415126614
Dewey Decimal Number: 738.3820938
EAN: 9780415126618
ASIN: 0415126614
Publication Date: May 2, 1996
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Product Description
In providing an intriguing account of the production of pottery in ancient Greece, The Red and the Black explains how this pottery can be understood with more concern for function than for aesthetics. From their form, the location when found, their decoration and their uses, much can be learned from these artefacts about who used them. Brian Sparkes offers detailed analysis of the subject matter of figured scenes also discusses the history of the study and collection of this pottery, from the Renaissance right up the appeal of these objects in the markets of today.
Sparkes' clear and entertaining explanations go beyond the bounds of traditional connoisseurship, taking a contemporary approach to the issues involved. In doing so, he has succeeded in producing a
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The Red and the Black: Studies in Greek Pottery November 4, 2006
This is a charming book. It is written in a fun, almost conversational style. It treats the history of how Greek pottery has been studied and viewed by Western scholarship. It contains anecdotes and stories that make the reader feel more connected with the art than do the usual dry, art-historical, descriptive books. Thank goodness it does not read like somebody's dissertation for a change. The author has a sense of humor and delightful candor about the subject, and the reader will still learn a good quantity of useful art historical information without the usual suffering of tedium so often encountered in books on this subject.
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