The Transformation of Athens: Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece, by Robin Osborne

There’s more to the vases of ancient Athens than initially meets the eye, finds Barbara Graziosi

Published on
April 12, 2018
Last updated
April 12, 2018
Barbara Graziosi
Ancient Greek vases
Source: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Changing times: cups dated 70 years apart (Plate 1, left, and Plate 2, right) both use red figures on a black background, but socialising is at the fore in the later work

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Print headline: Amphora aren’t just Greek to me

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