Underworld. Imagining the Afterlife in Ancient South Italian Vase Painting.
by Saunders, David
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2022. 240 pages, fully illustrated. Hardback 28 x 23cms. ISBN: 9781606067345. Catalogue of 42 South Italian funerary vases painted with depictions of the Underworld, all illustrated and discussed in detail. Expanding on research for the eponymous exhibition at the Getty Villa in 2019, this study explores attitudes toward the afterlife in Greek ritual and myth, inscriptions on leaves of gold that provided guidance for the deceased, funerary practices and religious beliefs in Apulia, and the importance accorded to Orpheus and Dionysos. With a list of concordances, bibliography and index. Text in English.
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- Underworld. Imagining the Afterlife in Ancient South Italian Vase Painting.
- Author
- Saunders, David
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1606067346
- ISBN 13
- 9781606067345
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- 2022.
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