The Sarpedon Krater
The Life and Afterlife of a Greek Vase
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
1 Preface
2 ‘The Million-Dollar Vase’
3 Euphronios and ‘the Pioneers’
4 Athens and the Symposium
5 Epic as Education
6 An Image for the Afterlife
7 The Afterlife of an Image (I)
8 The Afterlife of an Image (II)
9 Coda
Appendices
References
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
2 ‘The Million-Dollar Vase’
3 Euphronios and ‘the Pioneers’
4 Athens and the Symposium
5 Epic as Education
6 An Image for the Afterlife
7 The Afterlife of an Image (I)
8 The Afterlife of an Image (II)
9 Coda
Appendices
References
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Review Quotes
New York Times, on How Art Made the World
“Spivey scales mountains, hurtles into caves, treks across deserts, and submits to shock treatment for the eyes in the first few episodes of How Art Made the World. . . . In broaching questions about the genesis and meaning of art, [he] draws on some of the world’s best-known works of art and architecture for answers.”
Kirkus Reviews, on The Classical World
“A grand ‘traverse of classical civilization.’ . . . Anyone with the slightest curiosity about ancient classics will love this book.”
Times Literary Supplement
"This is art history (in the words of German art historian Aby Warburg) as a 'ghost story for adults': a kind of 'detective work' excavating the traces of antiquity in later art. In his pursuit of the Sarpedon motif, Spivey proves a diligent detective and an engaging storyteller."
Art Eyewitness
"The story of the Sarpedon Krater has been brilliantly told by Nigel Spivey, author and presenter of the BBC television series, How Art Made the World. Spivey traces the strange and wondrous journey of the Sarpendon Krater from ancient Athens in the sixth century B.C.to the present."
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