A city of images. Iconography and society in ancient Greece. Extrême-Orient because the Latin tradition

because the Latin tradition

c'est l'attention de l'ensemble des sciences humaines qu'il a attirée sur son oeuvre

the preparations and the intimate scenes

Point d’équilibre où le vivant persiste dans son être

A city of images. Iconography and society in ancient Greece. Extrême-Orient because the Latin traditionThis handsome and lavishly illustrated volume invites the reader to explore the exotic and distant world of Greek culture not primarily the conventional literary idea of that culture but the range of experiences presented in its iconography. Between the sixth and fifth centuries BC, Athenian artisans flooded the Mediterranean world with remarkable decorated vases depicting a wide variety of images. Using the resources of social and religious