He explains where, how, and why the vase was produced, retrieving what we know about the life and legend of Sarpedon.
Spivey takes the reader on a dramatic journey, beginning with the krater’s looting from an Etruscan tomb in 1971 and its acquisition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, followed by a high-profile lawsuit over its status and its eventual return to Italy. How this came about is told by Nigel Spivey in a concise, stylish book that braids together the creation and adventures of this extraordinary object with an exploration of its abiding influence. It was decorated some 2,500 years ago by Athenian artist Euphronios, and its subsequent history involves tomb raiding, intrigue, duplicity, litigation, international outrage, and possibly even homicide. 45, 46, London: Head of Zeus, Ltd.Perhaps the most spectacular of all Greek vases, the Sarpedon krater depicts the body of Sarpedon, a hero of the Trojan War, being carried away to his homeland for burial. The Sarpedon Krater: the Life and Afterlife of a Greek Vase. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 156–57, 438, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome no. 289–91, Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Myth into Art: Poet and Painter in Classical Greece.
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