Greco-Scythian art and the birth of Eurasia from classical Antiquity to Russian modernity
Dissertation, Oxford University, 2006
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Oxford, New York
Oxford University Press
2013
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Dissertation, Oxford University, 2006 Introduction : Discovering Greco-Scythian artClassical art and Russian identity -- Defining the corpus : Chronology, technique, distribution -- Political monuments of the early Spartocid State -- Looking at Greco-Scythian art -- Greco-Scythian art in practice -- Conclusion. Since their discovery in nineteenth-century Russia, Greco-Scythian artefacts have been interpreted as masterpieces by Greek craftsmen working according to the tastes of the Scythian nomads and creating realistic depictions of their barbarian patrons. Drawing on a broad array of evidence from archaeology, art history and epigraphy to contextualize Greco-Scythian metalwork in ancient society, this volume confronts the deep confusion between ancient representation and historical reality in contemporary engagements with classical culture. It argues that the strikingly life-like figure scenes of Greco-Scythian art were integral to the strategies of a cosmopolitan elite who legitimated its economic dominance by asserting an intermediary cultural position between the steppe inland and the urban centres on the shores of the Black Sea |
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| Beschreibung: | xxix, 431 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 019968233X 0-19-968233-X 9780199682331 978-0-19-968233-1 |