TY - CHAP
T1 - Images in motion
T2 - Fourth century BC Athenian pottery from the Iberian Peninsula: Workshops and iconography
AU - Fernández, Carmen Sánchez
AU - Pérez, Diana Rodríguez
PY - 2023/11/29
Y1 - 2023/11/29
N2 - Empúries, the only Greek colony in the Iberian Peninsula that has been clearly identified so far, received most of its Athenian imports during the 5th century BC. But it is not until the 4th century when the number of Greek products increased significantly in the rest of the Peninsula. At that time, almost every Iberian settlement and cemetery known to us contained Attic pottery, and sometimes, in large quantities. The study of these imports in their contexts provides insights into the trade networks of Attic products in the west Mediterranean from the end of the 5th and in particular during the 4th century BC, and it also gives information about the Iberians themselves, who adopted these products in their own social structures with an aim to perpetuate power relationships. Both the shapes and the iconography of the imported pottery, with clear regional preferences, mark differences between the regions of the Peninsula and allow for a better identification of the particularities of each of them. In our contribution we will address questions such as how the Iberians used Greek vases, which shapes were imitated in the Peninsula and to which uses they served, and the use of imagery in a heavily aniconic world. These examples will help us raise questions about the Iberian identity as well as about the reception and selection processes undertaken by the Iberians who, in particular in the 4th century BC, introduced Greek vases as luxury items in their economic and social structures.
AB - Empúries, the only Greek colony in the Iberian Peninsula that has been clearly identified so far, received most of its Athenian imports during the 5th century BC. But it is not until the 4th century when the number of Greek products increased significantly in the rest of the Peninsula. At that time, almost every Iberian settlement and cemetery known to us contained Attic pottery, and sometimes, in large quantities. The study of these imports in their contexts provides insights into the trade networks of Attic products in the west Mediterranean from the end of the 5th and in particular during the 4th century BC, and it also gives information about the Iberians themselves, who adopted these products in their own social structures with an aim to perpetuate power relationships. Both the shapes and the iconography of the imported pottery, with clear regional preferences, mark differences between the regions of the Peninsula and allow for a better identification of the particularities of each of them. In our contribution we will address questions such as how the Iberians used Greek vases, which shapes were imitated in the Peninsula and to which uses they served, and the use of imagery in a heavily aniconic world. These examples will help us raise questions about the Iberian identity as well as about the reception and selection processes undertaken by the Iberians who, in particular in the 4th century BC, introduced Greek vases as luxury items in their economic and social structures.
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UR - https://www.routledge.com/The-Greeks-in-Iberia-and-their-Mediterranean-Context/Krasilnikoff-Lowe/p/book/9781032470900
U2 - 10.4324/9781003384533-9
DO - 10.4324/9781003384533-9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85178586372
SN - 9781032470900
T3 - Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
SP - 160
EP - 173
BT - The Greeks in Iberia and Their Mediterranean Context
A2 - Krasilnikoff, Jens A.
A2 - Lowe, Benedict
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -