Abstract
Image and landscape : the example of the frescos in the West House of Thera The frescos found in the West House of Thera have been known since 1971, but further discoveries have renewed interest in them. With drawings and colours of extraordinary quality, they present a set of urban and maritime scenes from around the middle of the second millenium B.C., and include an abundance of landscapes rich in vegetal species (around thirty) and animals. Various interpretations have identified the country portrayed as being either Aegean or Libyan ; the major themes as being warlike and triumphant — historical or de genre — or peaceful and religious. The diversity found in these interpretations poses serious methodological problems, especially within the realm of the image’s status and its relation to the texts. A certain number of characteristics belonging to the epic narrative techniques haye also been found in the composition, and this connection is not without its dangers. It would seem wiser to take into account the image’s own character : its techniques, its relation with the viewer and its autonomy in the civilisation within which it functions.
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