Distorted Ideals in Greek Vase-Painting: the World of Mythological Burlesque. - WALSH, D.,
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'W.'s well-illustrated book on burlesque images in Greek vase-painting is a useful contribution to the study of theatre-related imagery, with a special focus on South Italian vases. (...) The presentation of the material is not contextual, nor is it based on categories of humour: it is organised according to subject matter. (...) The book is divided into three parts. The first is a short introduction to the fabrics discussed throughout the book. W. then introduces the reader to the various contexts of humour in Ancient Greece. (...) The second part focusses on comic transgression within the sanctuary space, then on how gods and heroes are ridiculed. The third part is a general discussion of the origin of distorted bodies; the contexts of visual hukour on pots; and some final reflections on carnival and the world reversed. There follows an alphabetical catalogue of comic mythological figures from different fabrics.' (ALEXANDRE G. MITCHELL in The Classical Review (New Series), 2010, p.561). From the library of ...
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Cambridge (...), 2009. XXIV,420p. Richly ills.(B&W photographs). Hardbound with dust wrps. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: WALSH, D.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 2009] [Titel: Distorted Ideals in Greek Vase-Painting: the World of Mythological Burlesque.]
