Matheson, Susan B., J.J. Pollitt: Old Age in Greek and Roman Art. Exhibition: New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, 2023. 295 pages, 320 colour illustrations. Hardback. 30 x 23cms. An exploration of ancient perspectives on ageing through Greek and Roman vases, sculpture, paintings and texts. Eight chapters discuss the social position of elders, particularly after the 4th century B.C.; positive and negative attitudes towards ageing in classical literature and its depictions; and specific subjects like the fisherman and peasant figural types. Followed by an appendix of 186 works each illustrated and briefly described.
An exploration of ancient perspectives on ageing through Greek and Roman vases, sculpture, paintings and texts. Eight chapters discuss the social position of elders, particularly after the 4th century B.C.; positive and negative attitudes towards ageing in classical literature and its depictions; and specific subjects like the fisherman and peasant figural types. Followed by an appendix of 186 works each illustrated and briefly described. Text in English
KURTZ Donna, BOARDMAN John, ROBERTSON Martin, DEL CHIARO Mario, MATHESON Susan.
Reference : 26174
ISBN : 089236078
<meta charset="utf-8"><span data-mce-fragment="1">This volume in the Occasional Papers on Antiquities series includes analyses by Donna Kurtz and John Boardman of vase paintings depicting revelers associated with the poet Anakreon; an examination by Martin Robertson of pelikai by the Pan Painter; a commentary by Mario Del Chiaro on a duck-askos at the Getty Museum; and Susan Matheson’s interpretation of an Iliupersis scene.</span> Italie, 1986 J.Paul Getty Museum. 145 p., illustré, broché. 21 x 28
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Matheson, Susan B.: Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery. 1980. Wrappers,