The Pronomos Vase and its Context

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Oliver Taplin (Emeritus Professor of Classics, Magdalen College, Oxford) Rosie Wyles (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Nottingham)

The Pronomos Vase and its Context

Oliver Taplin (Emeritus Professor of Classics, Magdalen College, Oxford), Rosie Wyles (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Nottingham)

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Oxford University Press
12 August 2010

History of art: ancient & classical art; Ceramics: artworks; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: plays & playwrights

The Pronomos Vase is the single most important piece of pictorial evidence for ancient theatre to have survived from ancient Greece. It depicts an entire theatrical chorus and cast along with the celebrated musician Pronomos, in the presence of their patron god, Dionysos. In this collection of essays, illustrated with nearly 60 drawings and photographs, leading specialists from a variety of disciplines tackle the critical questions posed by this complex hub of evidence. The discussion covers a wide range of perspectives and issues, including the artist's oeuvre; the pottery market; the relation of this piece to other artistic, and especially celebratory, artefacts; the political and cultural contexts of the world that it was produced in; the identification of figures portrayed on it: and the significance of the Pronomos Vase as theatrical evidence. The volume offers not only the most recent scholarship on the vase but also some ground-breaking interpretations of it.

Edited by: Oliver Taplin (Emeritus Professor of Classics Magdalen College Oxford), Rosie Wyles (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Nottingham)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 195mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780199582594
ISBN 10: 0199582599
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 12 August 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Oliver Taplin & Rosie Wyles: Introduction 2: Thomas Mannack: A Description 3: Lucilla Burn: The Contexts of the Production and Distribution of Athenian Painted Pottery in c.400 4: Francois Lissarrague: From Flat Page to the Volume of the Pot 5: Mark Griffith: Satyr-Play and Tragedy, Faec to Face 6: Claude Calame: Aetiological Performance and Consecration in the Sanctuary of Dionysos 7: Eric Csapo: The Context of Choregic Dedications 8: Klaus Junker: The Transformation of Athenian Theatre Culture around 400 BC 9: Robin Osborne: Who's Who on the Pronomos Vase? 10: Edith Hall: Tragic Theatre: Demetrios' Rolls and Dionysos' Other Woman 11: Peter Wilson: The Man and the Music (and the Choregos?) 12: Bernd Seidensticker: Dance in Satyr Play 13: Rosie Wyles: The Tragic Costumes 14: Oliver Taplin: A Curtain Call?

Reviews for The Pronomos Vase and its Context

The quality of The Pronomos Vase and its Context, edited by Oliver Taplin and Rosie Wyles, satisfies two fundamental requirements. First, among the fourteen scholars who come together here, from five different countries and from every appropriate branch of the discipline, the editors have invariably chosen exactly the right person to deal with each aspect. Secondly, the volume bears the stamp of unusually careful editing and integration: the various contributors not only cite each other's papers, but make use of each other's illustrations; best of all, there is an exceptionally good index, making it possible to locate every comment, identification or citation. A.M. Snodgras, The Times Literary Supplement