- EAN13
- 9782051028783
- ISBN
- 978-2-05-102878-3
- Éditeur
- Éditions Slatkine
- Date de publication
- 16/05/2022
- Nombre de pages
- 128
- Dimensions
- 28 x 24 x 28 cm
- Poids
- 601 g
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Outside Classical Antiquity
Mystery and vitality in native Apulian Pottery - First Millenium BC Collection Denise Elfen-Laniado
Chamay/Elfen-Laniado
Éditions Slatkine
Offres
In ancient Apulia (Puglia in Italian), the Iapygians, the indigenous people who lived on the fringes of the Greek cities, produced a rich pottery that stood apart from that of the colonists.
Still relatively little studied and almost unknown outside a narrow circle of specialists, this pottery is astonishingly original. It is characterized by specifi c forms of enigmatic purpose – horned handles, zoomorphic heads with hallucinatory stares, solitary hands, spindly fi gures and polychromy - which plunge us into an unknown world, without savagery, yet very close to nature. Intended to accompany the dead in their tombs, the vases and figurines express a surprising vitality that testifies to a faith in the afterlife.
Although rigorous from an archaeological point of view, this book calls for a preface highlighting the unexpected modernity of this ancient art. The task was undertaken by a member of Picasso’s inner circle.
The works presented here form part of a private collection, undoubtedly the most diverse of its kind and most complete on the subject.
Still relatively little studied and almost unknown outside a narrow circle of specialists, this pottery is astonishingly original. It is characterized by specifi c forms of enigmatic purpose – horned handles, zoomorphic heads with hallucinatory stares, solitary hands, spindly fi gures and polychromy - which plunge us into an unknown world, without savagery, yet very close to nature. Intended to accompany the dead in their tombs, the vases and figurines express a surprising vitality that testifies to a faith in the afterlife.
Although rigorous from an archaeological point of view, this book calls for a preface highlighting the unexpected modernity of this ancient art. The task was undertaken by a member of Picasso’s inner circle.
The works presented here form part of a private collection, undoubtedly the most diverse of its kind and most complete on the subject.
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