Susan Woodford
Biographic Data
| ID | 1090785 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Woodford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Woodford |
| SIGNATURE | WOODFORD S |
| AFFILIATIONS | British Museum |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Art of Greece and Rome
Daidalos and Ikaros on an Apulian Fragment Newly Acquired by the British Museum
Journal Article DAIDALOS AND IKAROS ON AN APULIAN FRAGMENT NEWLY ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM Get access SUSAN WOODFORD SUSAN WOODFORD British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 52, Issue 1, December 2009, Pages 93–101, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2009.tb00748.x Published: 10 June 2010
The Art of Greece and Rome
In The Art of Greece and Rome Susan Woodford illuminates the great achievements of classical art and architecture and conveys a sense of the excitement that fired the creative artists of the ancient world. The Greeks were quick to challenge time-honored styles and, stimulated by the problems that sometimes emerged from their daring innovations, they invented solutions that have been considered classics ever since. The Romans recognized the Greek …
Images of Myth in Classical Antiquity
Ancient Greece: Monumental sculpture
The Trojan War in Ancient Art
The myths of the Trojan War captured the imagination not only of Greek and Roman authors - Homer, Euripides, Virgil, Ovid and many others - but also of countless Greek and Roman painters and sculptors. By perceptively analysing a variety of representations, Susan Woodford assesses the creative solutions found by individual artists to problems posed by the narrative; by comparing verbal and pictorial treatments of telling episodes, she demonstrate…
An Introduction to Greek Art
The fragments of Greek sculpture and vase painting that have survived into the twentieth century are like pieces of a shattered mirror reflecting the former glory of Greek art. Though some of the images are obviously beautiful, others require interpretation before their true quality can become apparent. This book, designed primarily as an introduction for students, helps the reader trace the development of Greek art in the immensely creative peri…
Two Trojan Themes: The Iconography of Ajax Carrying the Body of Achilles and of Aeneas Carrying Anchises in Black Figure Vase Painting
The present paper discusses the iconography of two themes: Ajax carrying the body of Achilles and Aeneas carrying Anchises. Both were popular with black figure workshops of the last third of the sixth century B.C. Both themes appear on a previously unpublished neck amphora in San Simeon. In the first two sections we discuss the themes separately; in the third section we consider the way in which the iconography of the two themes interacted, and r…
Heracles Alexikakos Reviewed
Two Trojan Themes: The Iconography of Ajax Carrying the Body of Achilles and of Aeneas Carrying Anchises in Black Figure Vase Painting
The present paper discusses the iconography of two themes: Ajax carrying the body of Achilles and Aeneas carrying Anchises. Both were popular with black figure workshops of the last third of the sixth century B.C. Both themes appear on a previously unpublished neck amphora in San Simeon. In the first two sections we discuss the themes separately; in the third section we consider the way in which the iconography of the two themes interacted, and r…
The Trojan War in Ancient Art
The myths of the Trojan War captured the imagination not only of Greek and Roman authors - Homer, Euripides, Virgil, Ovid and many others - but also of countless Greek and Roman painters and sculptors. By perceptively analysing a variety of representations, Susan Woodford assesses the creative solutions found by individual artists to problems posed by the narrative; by comparing verbal and pictorial treatments of telling episodes, she demonstrate…
An Introduction to Greek Art
The fragments of Greek sculpture and vase painting that have survived into the twentieth century are like pieces of a shattered mirror reflecting the former glory of Greek art. Though some of the images are obviously beautiful, others require interpretation before their true quality can become apparent. This book, designed primarily as an introduction for students, helps the reader trace the development of Greek art in the immensely creative peri…
Heracles Alexikakos Reviewed
Heracles Alexikakos Reviewed
Two Trojan Themes: The Iconography of Ajax Carrying the Body of Achilles and of Aeneas Carrying Anchises in Black Figure Vase Painting
The present paper discusses the iconography of two themes: Ajax carrying the body of Achilles and Aeneas carrying Anchises. Both were popular with black figure workshops of the last third of the sixth century B.C. Both themes appear on a previously unpublished neck amphora in San Simeon. In the first two sections we discuss the themes separately; in the third section we consider the way in which the iconography of the two themes interacted, and r…
An Introduction to Greek Art
The fragments of Greek sculpture and vase painting that have survived into the twentieth century are like pieces of a shattered mirror reflecting the former glory of Greek art. Though some of the images are obviously beautiful, others require interpretation before their true quality can become apparent. This book, designed primarily as an introduction for students, helps the reader trace the development of Greek art in the immensely creative peri…
The Trojan War in Ancient Art
The myths of the Trojan War captured the imagination not only of Greek and Roman authors - Homer, Euripides, Virgil, Ovid and many others - but also of countless Greek and Roman painters and sculptors. By perceptively analysing a variety of representations, Susan Woodford assesses the creative solutions found by individual artists to problems posed by the narrative; by comparing verbal and pictorial treatments of telling episodes, she demonstrate…
Ancient Greece: Monumental sculpture
The Art of Greece and Rome
In The Art of Greece and Rome Susan Woodford illuminates the great achievements of classical art and architecture and conveys a sense of the excitement that fired the creative artists of the ancient world. The Greeks were quick to challenge time-honored styles and, stimulated by the problems that sometimes emerged from their daring innovations, they invented solutions that have been considered classics ever since. The Romans recognized the Greek …
Images of Myth in Classical Antiquity
Daidalos and Ikaros on an Apulian Fragment Newly Acquired by the British Museum
Journal Article DAIDALOS AND IKAROS ON AN APULIAN FRAGMENT NEWLY ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM Get access SUSAN WOODFORD SUSAN WOODFORD British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 52, Issue 1, December 2009, Pages 93–101, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2009.tb00748.x Published: 10 June 2010
Art of Greece and Rome
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