The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai

280 Pages·2004·2.42 MB·English

by  Mary Stieber

the poetics of appearance in the attic korai
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mary stieber
the poetics of appearance
in the attic korai
University of Texas Press
austin
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stieber, Mary C. (Mary Clorinda)
The poetics of appearance in the Attic korai / Mary Stieber— 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-292-70180-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Kore statues. 2. Polychromy—Greece—Athens. 3. Votive offerings—
Greece—Athens. 4. Athena (Greek deity)—Cult. 5. Inscriptions, Greek.
6. Acropolis (Athens, Greece) I. Title.
NB94 .S74 2004
733'.3—dc21
2003011966
Excerpt from Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, trans. Bynner, from The Complete
Greek Tragedies, vol. 3, ed. Grene and Lattimore, reprinted by permission of the
University of Chicago Press. © 1956 by The University of Chicago.
For John
Give them my hands and circle round and dance
And always try to be the loveliest,
Under my mother’s gaze,
In my unrivalled radiance of attire
And in the motion of my hands and feet,
While my embroidered veil
I would hold closely round me as I danced
And bowed and hid my cheek
Under the shadow of my clustering curls.
euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1145–1150
(trans. w. bynner)
chapter one
contents
list of illustrations ix
acknowledgments xi
list of abbreviations xiii
introduction 1
conceiving realism in archaic greek art
chapter one 13
historiography
chapter two 42
the reality of appearances
chapter three 83
the idea of likeness
chapter four 114
conTEXTualizing the korai
chapter five 141
phrasikleia
notes 179
references 213
illustrations follow page 222
index 223
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