Description |
406 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm |
Note |
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Princeton University Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 2003-2004. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-395) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Subject |
Mythology, Classical, in art -- Exhibitions.
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Mythology, Classical, in art. |
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Art, Ancient -- Greece -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Ancient. |
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Greece. |
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Themes, motives. |
Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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Added Author |
Childs, William A. P., 1942-
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Tsiaphakē, D. S. (Despoina S.)
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Princeton University. Art Museum.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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ISBN |
0300101635 cloth |
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0943012406 paper |
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