| Description |
1 online resource (x, 244 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map |
| Contents |
Ancient Greek tales of the afterlife / Sarah Iles Johnston -- Dialogues of the dead on the "Orphic" gold tablets / Roy D. Kotansky -- Sacred sites of Apulia / Keely Elizabeth Heuer -- Apulian funerary practices / Andrea Celestino Montanaro -- Imagining the afterlife in south Italian vase painting / David Saunders -- Catalogue |
| Summary |
"This abundantly illustrated catalogue examines depictions of the Underworld in southern Italian vase painting and explores the religious and cultural beliefs behind them"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Developed in conjunction with the exhibition Underworld: Imagining the Afterlife, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, from October 31, 2018, to March 18, 2019 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version |
| Subject |
Vase-painting -- Italy, Southern -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions
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Vases, Apulian -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions
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Vases, Ancient -- Italy, Southern -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions
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Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Exhibitions
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Future life in art -- Exhibitions
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Hell in art -- Exhibitions
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ART / General
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Antiquities
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Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
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Future life in art
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Hell in art
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Vases, Ancient -- Themes, motives
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| SUBJECT |
Italy, Southern -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions
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| Subject |
Southern Italy
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Saunders, David, editor.
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Johnston, Sarah Iles, 1957- contributor.
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Kotansky, Roy D. (Roy David), 1953- contributor.
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Heuer, Keely Elizabeth, contributor.
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Montanaro, Andrea C., 1970- contributor.
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J. Paul Getty Museum, issuing body.
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| LC no. |
2021024260 |
| ISBN |
9781606067499 |
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1606067494 |
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