Shopping Cart : is empty
Home   |    Greek Pottery – Painting – Terracottas  

Poseidon and the Sea : Myth, Cult and Daily Life

by: Pevnick, S.D.

Price: 39,65 EURO

(in stock)
 
Category: Greek Pottery – Painting – Terracottas
Code: 19715
ISBN-13: 9781907804304 / 978-1-907804-30-4
ISBN-10: 1907804307 / 1-907804-30-7
Publisher: GILES
Publication Date: 2014
Publication Place: London
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 200
Book Condition: New
Comments: Edited by Seth D. Pevnick; Contributions by Robert I. Curtis, Nancy T. de Grummond, Angeliki Kokkinou, Jeffrey Maish, William M. Murray, and Erika Simon

A completely new exploration of the the myths and iconography of the Greek deity Poseidon, that looks at the sea and the art that it inspired in antiquity. It features remarkable Greek, Roman, and Etruscan objects from the Tampa Museum of Art, as well as other international and significant collections.

 

Lenders to the Exhibition
Map of the Ancient Mediterranean World
Director?s Foreword [Todd D. Smith]
Curator?s Preface and Acknowledgments [Seth D. Pevnick]
Ch. 1: Poseidon and the Sea: Myth, Cult, and Daily Life [Seth D. Pevnick]
Ch. 2: Poseidon in Ancient Greek Religion, Myth, and Art[Erika Simon]
Ch. 3: Beyond the Sea: Worshipping Poseidon in the Ancient Greek World[Angeliki Kokkinou]
Ch. 4: Nethuns and Neptune: Marine Gods of Ancient Italy[Nancy T. de Grummond]
Ch. 5: Ancient Greek and Roman Seafaring [William M. Murray]
Ch. 6: From Fish to Fish Sauce: Seafood in the Ancient Roman World [Robert I. Curtis]
Case Study: A Colossal Bronze Trident in the J. Paul Getty Museum [Jeffrey Maish]
Illustrated Exhibition Checklist
Section One: Myth & Iconography
Section Two: Cult
Section Three: Daily Life by the Sea
Section Four: Coins Related to Sea Gods and the Sea
A Brief Chronology
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

Author
Seth D. Pevnick is the Richard E. Perry curator of Greek and Roman art at the Tampa Museum of Art.

Robert I. Curtis is Professor Emeritus, Department of Classics, University of Georgia.

Nancy T. de Grummond is M. Lynette Thompson Professor of Classics and Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University.

Angeliki Kokkinou works in the Department of Education in The Acropolis Museum in Athens. She has been a Fellow of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and has worked on museum exhibitions and publications for The Acropolis Museum and The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.

Jeffery P. Maish is an associate conservator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum

William M. Murray is the Mary and Gus Stathis Professor of Greek History at the University of South Florida, Tampa

Erika Simon is a German scholar of classical archaeology and professor emeritus of the University of Würzburg

 
  Already viewed

Poseidon and the Sea : Myth, Cult and Daily Life

by: Pevnick, S.D.

  • ISBN-13: 9781907804304 / 978-1-907804-30-4
  • ISBN-03: 1907804307 / 1-907804-30-7
  • GILES, London, 2014

Price: 39,65 EURO

(in stock)