In this article I propose that the introduction of the alphabet to post-Dark Age Greece, in the first years of the 8th c. BCE, led within a generation to an explosion of figurative representations in vase painting and contributed to the inception of narrative techniques that stayed with Greek art ever since. Specifically, it is suggested that the Dipylon Master may have had some knowledge of writing and that his experience with letters had repercussions in his work as a painter. The outlines of and relationship between letters in a written word must have offered him and other late Geometric artists a stimulus for pursuing these implications in the world of painting.L’art et l’alphabet à l’époque du Maître du Dipylon Dans cet article nous so...
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Although writing can be found on the dynastic monuments of the Hellenistic period, its use was not s...
International audienceThis article examines representations of Prometheus and Epimetheus on Athenian...
This article considers the demands on ancient vase producers and whether or not they were tempted to...
Abstract The article sets forth a hypothesis arguing in favour of the natural and historical "mechan...
In this article I propose that the introduction of the alphabet to post-Dark Age Greece, in the firs...
International audienceThis article presents the various cases in which one or more literary epigrams...
The Advent of Pictorial Narratives in the Seventh Century. In this paper— translated from chapter II...
International audienceThis article aims at examining the tension that characterizes some representat...
none3noThis article examines the earliest attestations of writing on Crete at the beginning of the s...
The article discusses the formation of the painting decoration of Greek pottery the geometric period...
The article examines the collaborations between the pensionnaires of the Villa Medici in Rome and th...
REB 61 2003 p. 201-214 Glenn Peers, Manuel II Paleologos 's Ekphrasis on a Tapestry in the Louvre: ...
Ancient Viewing and Modem Art History (pp. 4 17-437) Le présent article examine s'il existe, chez l...
Cet article traite de l’usage de la langue grecque comme objet de désir dans les œuvres du peintre S...
In this article are presented seventeen vases of the collection of Gr. Empedokles, which was bequea...
Although writing can be found on the dynastic monuments of the Hellenistic period, its use was not s...
International audienceThis article examines representations of Prometheus and Epimetheus on Athenian...
This article considers the demands on ancient vase producers and whether or not they were tempted to...
Abstract The article sets forth a hypothesis arguing in favour of the natural and historical "mechan...