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Author Padgett, J. Michael.

Title The centaur's smile : the human animal in early Greek art / J. Michael Padgett ; with contributions by William A.P. Childs and Despoina Tsiafakis ; Nathan T. Arrington .. [and others]..

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Art Museum ; New Haven, Conn. : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2003]
©2003

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  OVERSIZE 709.38 P123C    Check Shelf
Description 406 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Note Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Princeton University Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 2003-2004.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-395) and index.
Contents Horse men: centaurs and satyrs in early Greek art / J. Michael Padgett -- The human animal: the Near East and Greece / William A.P. Childs -- "Pelora": fabulous creatures and/or demons of death? / Despoina Tsiafakis -- Catalogue of the exhibition. Egyptian and Near Eastern Mischwesen. Centaurs. Horsemen. Satyrs. Sphinxes. Sirens. Gorgons. Minotaur. Acheloos. Nereus and Triton. Typhon. Pan.
Subject Mythology, Classical, in art -- Exhibitions.
Art, Ancient -- Greece -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions.
Added Author Childs, William A. P., 1942-
Tsiaphakē, D. S. (Despoina S.)
Princeton University. Art Museum.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
ISBN 0300101635 cloth
0943012406 paper
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