Add this copy of The Centaur's Smile: the Human Animal in Early Greek to cart. $42.00, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Princeton University Art Museum.
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VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on top text block; stamp on title page; stamp and sticker on back pasted end page. Sticker and due date card on mylar jacket. A black casebound book with the title in gilt lettering down the spine. There is a black dust jacket with the title in gray lettering down the spine. Pages: (6), vii-xx, (1), 3-406. Profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white images. "This book is the first to investigate representations of human animals in early Greek art (ca. 750-450 B.C.). The Centaur's Smile discusses the oriental antecedents of these fantastic creatures, examining the influence of Egyptian and Near Eastern models on the formation of Greek monsters in the Geometric and Archaic periods. Fully illustrated essays explore the nature and origin of horse men (centaurs and satyrs) and the broader range of Greek composite creatures, discussing their evolving forms and changing roles during this seminal period of Greek art." Contents are as follows: Horse men: centaurs and satyrs in early Greek art / J. Michael Padgett--The human animal: the Near East and Greece / William A.P. Childs--"Pelora": fabulous creatures and/or demons of death? / Despoina Tsiafakis--Catalogue of the exhibition: Egyptian and Near Eastern Mischwesen; Centaurs; Horsemen; Satyrs; Sphinxes; Sirens; Gorgons; Minotaur; Acheloos; Nereus and Triton; Typhon; Pan.
Add this copy of The Centaur's Smile the Human Animal in Early Greek Art to cart. $45.00, good condition, Sold by Ancient World Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 2003 by Yale University Press.
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Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 0300101635. Faint crease through pages. Inner hinges are strained. Front board bowed. DJ has minor shelfwear.; Human animals-such as centaurs, satyrs, sphinxes, sirens and gorgons-as well as other composite creatures like Pan, Triton and the Minotaur are extremely common in Greek myth, literature, theatre and the visual arts. Understanding the phenomenon of combining human and animal elements into composite creatures is central to our knowledge of the Greek imagination. This is an investigation of the representations of these human animals in early Greek art (circa 850-450 BC). "The Centaur's Smile" discusses the oriental antecedents of these fantastic creatures, examining the influence of Egyptian and Near Eastern models on the formation of Greek monsters in the early Archaic period. Essays also explore the nature and origin of horse-men (centaurs and satyrs) and the ways in which they are represented in early Greek art. Furthermore, the book surveys the broader range of Greek composite creatures and discusses their evolving forms and changing roles and meaning. Over 100 objects-all reproduced in colour-are described and analysed in detail. Among the featured works are: reliefs and statuettes in stone, bronze and terracotta; jewellery and metalwork in gold, silver and electrum; engraved sealstones in rock crystal, jasper and cornelian; and painted ceramic vases from Athens, Corinth, Rhodes, Miletus, Cyprus and Etruria.; 406 pages; Oversized.
Add this copy of The Centaur's Smile: the Human Animal in Early Greek to cart. $52.50, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Princeton University Art Museum.
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VG+/VG+ A black casebound book with the title in gilt lettering down the spine. There is a black dust jacket with the title in gray lettering down the spine. Pages: (6), vii-xx, (1), 3-406. Profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white images. "This book is the first to investigate representations of human animals in early Greek art (ca. 750-450 B.C.). The Centaur's Smile discusses the oriental antecedents of these fantastic creatures, examining the influence of Egyptian and Near Eastern models on the formation of Greek monsters in the Geometric and Archaic periods. Fully illustrated essays explore the nature and origin of horse men (centaurs and satyrs) and the broader range of Greek composite creatures, discussing their evolving forms and changing roles during this seminal period of Greek art." Contents are as follows: Horse men: centaurs and satyrs in early Greek art / J. Michael Padgett--The human animal: the Near East and Greece / William A.P. Childs--"Pelora": fabulous creatures and/or demons of death? / Despoina Tsiafakis--Catalogue of the exhibition: Egyptian and Near Eastern Mischwesen; Centaurs; Horsemen; Satyrs; Sphinxes; Sirens; Gorgons; Minotaur; Acheloos; Nereus and Triton; Typhon; Pan.
Add this copy of The Centaur's Smile: the Human Animal in Early Greek to cart. $121.85, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Other Distribution.
