ATTIC VASES, CURVES, AND FIGURES

• Authors: Jocelyn Penny SMALL
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Attic red-figure vase painters recognized that the curves of vases affected the way figures are viewed with the result that they elongated the proportions of their figures in order to maintain the contemporary aesthetic of stocky figures.

Keywords

EN

ATTIC RED-FIGURE VASES; PROPORTIONS; VIEWING

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 30-36

Contributors

author

Jocelyn Penny SMALL

• Eirene, Kabinet pro klasická studia FLÚ AV ČR, Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic