Women on classical Greek vases.

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: December 1, 1995| Author: Benson, Carol | Copyright information

Women's place in classical Greek society is depicted in vase paintings. Ancient Greek vases also reveal the unique ability of Greek artists to translate metaphors and myths into visual form.

For more than fifty years the study of classical Greek vase painting has focused on stylistic details that identify individual artists and schools of painters. The brilliant work of Sir John D. Beazley in particular established the characteristics of several hundred Athenian vase painters of t...

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