'Drôles de vases grecs' L'Histoire | n°423, mai 2016
L'humour est un miroir déformant dont l'étude permet de reconstruire certaines réalités sociales de l'Antiquité. Le processus comique fascine les chercheurs car lorsqu'on se moque, on se révèle [...].
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Reviews
Bryn Mawr Classical
Review. (2011.02.14)
"The author is thorough and I can think of no genre of Greek humour
which he has overlooked, and he has been as thorough with the relevant
literary evidence as with the representational." full review
Prof. Em. J. Boardman,
Oxford University
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American Journal of Archaeology 115.1 (2011)
"[...] this broad survey of scenes of visual humor will serve as a
valuable starting point for further research. The extensive lists and
citations will make the book an aid for further work on humor and
should encourage more synthesis and refinement of theoretical
approaches to visual humor."
full review
Prof. M. D. Stansbury-O'Donnell, University of St.Thomas, St. Paul,
Minnesota[+]
Choice Review
"[...] Caricature, parody, overt sexual imagery, drunkenness, gender
stereotyping, and the deconstruction of myths are investigated,
categorized, and interpreted with exemplary thoroughness and
psychological subtlety [...]"
full review
Prof. Em. R. Brilliant, Columbia University[+]
Arctos 46 (2009)
"Until recently, the study of ancient humour has been based on literary
evidence[...] Mitchell's book is the first comprehensive study of
visual humour in ancient Greece [...]"
full review
Dr. M. Carucci, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies[+]
Revue archéologique 51 (2011)
"[...] un contributo chiaro e prezioso, in alcuni casi nuovo, in altri
di conferma, sugli elementi che provocavano il riso negli antichi Greci
[...]"
full review
Prof. M. Iozzo, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence[+]
Classical World 104.2 (2011)
"[...] the book is an important standard work Classical World and will
be a basis for all further study of this fascinating aspect of Ancient
Greek culture."
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Prof. J. M. Hemelrijk, Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam[+]
Journal of Hellenic Studies 131 (2011): 251-2
"[...] His generous division of the material makes for an effortless read, free from the burden of excessive secondary sources and citations..."
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Ass. Prof. T. J. Smith, University of Virginia 
