Papers on the Amasis painter and his world : colloquium sponsored by the Getty Center for the history of art and the humanities and symposium sponsored by The J. Paul Getty Museum

In connection with the Los Angeles opening of the exhibition The Amasis Painter and His World, a colloquium and symposium were held at the Getty Museum between February 28 and March 2, 1986. An international panel of scholars presented papers on various aspects of Greek vase-painting; these papers are collected as fully annotated essays in the companion volume to the exhibition catalogue. They include an essay by Dietrich von Bothmer concerning the connoisseurship of Greek vases; an examination by Martin Robertson of the status of Attic vase-painting in the mid-sixth century; John Boardmans discussion of Amasis and the implications of his name; Walter Burkert's presentation on Homer in the second half of the sixth century; and a paper by Albert Henrichs on representations of Dionysos in sixth-century Attic vase-painting. The State Of Attic Vase-painting In The Mid-sixth Century / Martin Robertson -- Narrative, Genre, And Realism In The Work Of The Amasis Painter / Andrew F. Stewart -- The Making Of Homer In The Sixty Century B.c. : Rhapsodes Versus Stesichoros / Walter Burkert -- Reflections Of Architecture In Sixty-century Attic Vase-painting / John Griffiths Pedley -- Sculptor And Painter In Archaic Athens / Brunilde S. Ridgway -- Myth Visualized : Dionysos And His Circle In Sixty-century Attic Vase-painting / Albert Henrichs -- Amasis And The Vase Trade / Alan W. Johnston -- Amasis : The Implications Of His Name / John Boardman -- The Amasis Painter And Exekias : Approaches To Narrative / Mary B. Moore -- The Amasis Painter : Artist And Tradition / Joan R. Mertens -- Greek Vase-painting : Two Hundred Years Of Connoisseurship / Dietrich Von Bothmer. Colloquium Sponsored By The Getty Center For The History Of Art And The Humanities And Symposium Sponsored By The J. Paul Getty Museum. Papers Read At A Meeting, Held In Spring 1986, At The Getty Museum, To Coincide With An Exhibition Of The Same Name. Includes Bibliographies And Index. Cover 1 Contents 6 Director's Foreword 8 Preface 10 Abbreviations 12 The State of Attic Vase-Painting in the Mid-Sixth Century 14 Narrative, Genre, and Realism in the Work of the Amasis Painter 30 The Making of Homer in the Sixth Century B.C.: Rhapsodes versus Stesichoros 44 Reflections of Architecture in Sixth-Century Attic Vase-Painting 64 Sculptor and Painter in Archaic Athens 82 Myth Visualized: Dionysos and His Circle in Sixth-Century Attic Vase-Painting 93 Amasis and the Vase Trade 126 Amasis: The Implications of His Name 142 The Amasis Painter and Exekias: Approaches to Narrative 154 The Amasis Painter: Artist and Tradition 169 Greek Vase-Painting: Two Hundred Years of Connoisseurship 185 Index 206 A 206 B 206 C 206 D 206 E 207 F 207 G 207 H 207 I 207 J 207 K 207 L 208 M 208 N 208 O 208 P 208 Q 209 R 209 S 209 T 209 U 209 V 209 W 209 X 209 Z 209 Directors Foreword Preface Abbreviations The State of Attic Vase-Painting in the Mid-Sixth Century Martin Robertson Narrative, Genre, and Realism in the Work of the Amasis Painter Andrew F. Stewart The Making of Homer in the Sixth Century B.C.: Rhapsodes versus Stesichoros Walter Burkert Reflections of Architecture in Sixth-Century Attic Vase-Painting John Griffiths Pedley Sculptor and Painter in Archaic Athens Brunilde S. Ridgway Myth Visualized: Dionysos and His Circle in Sixth-Century Attic Vase-Paintings Albert Henrichs Amasis and the Vase Trade Alan W. Johnston Amasis: The Implications of His Name John Boardman The Amasis Painter and Exekias: Approaches to Narrative Mary B. Moore The Amasis Painter: Artist and Tradition Joan R. Mertens Greek Vase-Paintings: Two Hundred Years of Connoisseurship Dietrich von Bothmer Index