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Red Figures: Vase Painting At The Museo Ridola, Matera

Photographs by Luigi Spina, Contributions by Annamaria Mauro, Contributions by Claude Pouzadoux, Contributions by Adriana Sciacovelli





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The red-figure vases from the National Museum “Domenico Ridola” in Matera and the Rizzon Collection – rich in precious Apulian and Lucanian pieces – offer a unique opportunity to grasp Magna Graecia antiquity from an unusual perspective through the photographs by Luigi Spina. Significant testimony to vase painting between the 5th and 4th centuries BCE, the museum's artefacts largely date back to the discoveries of Domenico Ridola (1841-1932) and form part of elaborate funerary assemblages, possessing great aesthetic and historical value through which everyday life is reflected in myths. In the book, black is the protagonist: it enhances the red figures and brings out the keen eye of photographer Luigi Spina. Anatomical details, drapery, and decorative motifs emerge in all their strength without the filter of museum cases, while touches of white enrich the vases' bichrome palette. Photographing a work of art means capturing its deep meaning to communicate it to the world. Far from the idea of a museum catalogue, the volume is rather a figurative atlas of antiquity. Text in English and Italian.

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Publisher | Five Continents Editions
Published date | 19 Jul 2024
Language | English
Format | Hardback
Pages | 176
Dimensions | 260 x 195 x 9mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 1030g
ISBN | 979-1-2546-0029-0
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BISAC | art / history / ancient & classical

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