Athens, Etruria, and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery

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Athens, Etruria, and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery

Name: Athens, Etruria, and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery
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By Sheramy D. Bundrick
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS
Release Date: July 27, 2022
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 352

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A lucrative trade in Athenian pottery flourished from the early sixth until the late fifth century B.C.E., finding an eager market in Etruria. Most studies of these painted vases focus on the artistry and worldview of the Greeks who made them, but Sheramy D. Bundrick shifts attention to their Etruscan customers, ancient trade networks, and archaeological contexts. Thousands of Greek painted vases have emerged from excavations of tombs, sanctuaries, and settlements throughout Etruria, from southern coastal centers to northern communities in the Po Valley. Using documented archaeological assemblages, especially from tombs in southern Etruria, Bundrick challenges the widely held assumption that Etruscans were hellenized through Greek imports. She marshals evidence to show that Etruscan consumers purposefully selected figured pottery that harmonized with their own local needs and customs, so much so that the vases are better described as etruscanized. Athenian ceramic workers, she contends, learned from traders which shapes and imagery sold best to the Etruscans and employed a variety of strategies to maximize artistry, output, and profit.

Sheramy D. Bundrick is a professor of art history at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. She is the author of Music and Image in Classical Athens.

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1 The Many Lives of Athenian Vases 2 The Nature of the Athenian Vase Trade Findspots and Distribution Data Pottery Workshop Deposits in Athens Trademarks, Batch Notations, and Price Inscriptions Shipwrecks with Commercial Cargo Conclusions 3 Context, Consumption, and Attic Vases in Etruria Liminality, Performativity, and Attic Vases in Etruscan Tombs A Tale of Two Assemblages Conclusions 4 Athenian Eye Cups Abroad Apotropaion vs. Symposion Athenian Eye Cups at Etruscan Vulci Conclusions 5 The Mastery of Water Herakles Meets the Merman Fountainhouse Hydriai and the Etruscan Culto dell'Acqua Conclusions 6 Attic Vases as Etruscan Cineraria Tarquinia Caere Vulci Foiano della Chiana Conclusions 7 The Etruscanization of Attic Figured Pottery Notes References Index

"Bundrick's emphasis on consumer choice is original and groundbreaking. She does not examine vases as isolated creations. By reconstructing Etruscan funerary assemblages, she demonstrates a coherence in the choice of iconographical subjects adorning the various vases deposited in a grave." --Athena Tsingarida, Universite libre de Bruxelles "Challenges and enriches our understanding of the ancient economy, the Athenian vase trade and its Etruscan customers, the iconography of Attic vases, and Etruscan funerary practices." --Denise Demetriou, author of Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean "A solid example of the ongoing scholarly reinterpretation of imported objects across the Mediterranean through consumers' eyes. The discussion of both individual vases and tomb assemblages is rich, detailed, deeply researched, and observant."--American Journal of Archaeology "A unique, informative, and inherently fascinating work of original and meticulous scholarship. Impressively well written, organized and presented."--Midwest Book Review

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