Greco-Scythian art and the birth of Eurasia : from classical antiquity to Russan modernity /

Greco-Scythian art and the birth of Eurasia : from classical antiquity to Russan modernity /

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Author / Creator:	Meyer, Hans-Caspar, 1975- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press 2013.
Description:	xxix, 431 pages ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
Subject:	Art, Scythian. Antiquities. Art, Scythian. Scythians. Scythia Minor -- History. Scythia Minor -- Antiquities. Europe -- Dobruja. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9859753

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ISBN:	9780199682331 019968233X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Since their discovery in nineteenth-century Russia, Greco-Scythian artefacts have been interpreted as masterpieces by Greek craftsmen working according to the tastes of the Scythian nomads and creating realistic depictions of their barbarian patrons. Drawing on a broad array of evidence from archaeology, art history and epigraphy to contextualize Greco-Scythian metalwork in ancient society, this volume confronts the deep confusion between ancient representation and historical reality in contemporary engagements with classical culture. It argues that the strikingly life-like figure scenes of Greco-Scythian art were integral to the strategies of a cosmopolitan elite who legitimated its economic dominance by asserting an intermediary cultural position between the steppe inland and the urban centres on the shores of the Black Sea.

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Call Number:	N5899.S3 M49 2013
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