Greek vase painting and the origins of visual humour
By: Alexandre G. Mitchell.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521513708
Subjects: Vase-painting, Greek; Wit and humor, Pictorial; Art and society -- Greece
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Humour in the city: the world of men, women and animals; title: Humour in the city: gods, heroes and myth; title: Satyrs and comic parody; title: Caricatures in Athens and at the Kabirion Sanctuary in Boeotia; title: Conclusion: vases, humour and society.