A city of images. Iconography and society in ancient Greece. Extrême-Orient With ritual practices as its

With ritual practices as its guiding thread

because the Latin tradition

c'est l'attention de l'ensemble des sciences humaines qu'il a attirée sur son oeuvre

Okakura Shûsui

Donated to the Louvre Museum on December 28

A city of images. Iconography and society in ancient Greece. Extrême-Orient With ritual practices as itsThis handsome and lavishly illustrated volume invites the reader to explore the exotic and distant world of Greek culture not primarily the conventional literary idea of that culture but the range of experiences presented in its iconography. Between the sixth and fifth centuries BC, Athenian artisans flooded the Mediterranean world with remarkable decorated vases depicting a wide variety of images. Using the resources of social and religious