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Hadrian and the Christians
The Second Century occupies a central place in the development of ancient Christianity. The aim of the book is to examine how in the cultural, social, and religious efflorescence of the Second Century,to be witnessed inphenomena such as the Second Sophistic, Christianity found a peculiar way of integrating into the more general transformation of the Empire and how this allowed the emerging religion to establish and flourish in Graeco-Roman society. Hadrian’s reign was the starting point ofthat process and opened new possibilities of self-definition and external self-presentation to Christianity, as well asto other social and religious agencies. Differently from Judaism, however, Christiani...
Greek and Roman Small Size Sculpture
Considerations about size and scale have always played a central role within Greek and Roman visual culture, deeply affecting sculptural production. Both Greeks and Romans, in particular, had a clear notion of “colossality” and were able to fully exploit its implications with sculpture in many different areas of social, cultural and religious life. Instead, despite their ubiquitous presence, an equal and contrary categorization for small size statues does not seem to have existed in Greek and Roman culture, leading one to wonder what were the ancient ways of conceptualizing sculptural representations in a format markedly smaller than “life-size.” Even in the context of modern scholar...
Farewell to Shulamit
The Song of Songs, a lyric cycle of love scenes without a narrative plot, has often been considered as the Bible’s most beautiful and enigmatic book. The present study questions the still dominant exegetical convention that merges all of the Song’s voices into the dialogue of a single couple, its composite heroine Shulamit being a projection screen for norms of womanhood. An alternative socio-spatial reading, starting with the Hebrew text’s strophic patterns and its references to historical realia, explores the poem’s artful alternation between courtly, urban, rural, and pastoral scenes with their distinct characters. The literary construction of social difference juxtaposes class-sp...
Ovid, Death and Transfiguration
The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Death, the ultimate change, is an unexpected Leitmotiv of Ovid’s career and reception. The eighteen contributions collected in this volume explore the theme of death and transfiguration in Ovid’s own career and his posthumous reception, revealing a unity in diversity that has not been appreciated in these terms before now.
Becoming Roman?
Few empires had such an impact on the conquered peoples as did the Roman empire, creating social, economic, and cultural changes that erased long-standing differences in material culture, languages, cults, rituals and identities. But even Rome could not create a single unified culture. Individual decisions introduced changes in material culture, identity, and behavior, creating local cultures within the global world of the Roman empire that were neither Roman nor native. The author uses Northwest Italy as an exemplary case as it went from a marginal zone to one of the most flourishing and strongly urbanized regions of Italy, while developing a unique regional culture. This volume will appeal to researchers interested in the Roman Empire, as well as those interested in individual and cultural identity in the past.
Beyond the Nile
From about 2000 BCE onward, Egypt served as an important nexus for cultural exchange in the eastern Mediterranean, importing and exporting not just wares but also new artistic techniques and styles. Egyptian, Greek, and Roman craftsmen imitated one another’s work, creating cultural and artistic hybrids that transcended a single tradition. Yet in spite of the remarkable artistic production that resulted from these interchanges, the complex vicissitudes of exchange between Egypt and the Classical world over the course of nearly 2500 years have not been comprehensively explored in a major exhibition or publication in the United States. It is precisely this aspect of Egypt’s history, however...
Developing Effective Communication Skills in Archaeology
Communicating archaeological heritage at the institutional level reflects on the current status of archeology, and a lack of communication between archaeologists and the general public only serves to widen the gap of understanding. As holders of this specific scientific expertise, effective openness and communication is essential to understanding how a durable future can be built through comprehension of the past and the importance of heritage sites and collections. Developing Effective Communication Skills in Archaeology is an essential research publication that examines archeology as a method for present researchers to interact and communicate with the past, and as a methods for identifying the overall trends in the needs of humanity as a whole. Presenting a vast range of topics such as digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and heritage awareness, this book is essential for archaeologists, journalists, heritage managers, sociologists, educators, anthropologists, museum curators, historians, communication specialists, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, and students.
Archeologia e Calcolatori, Supplemento 9, 2017. Pensare in rete, pensare la rete per la ricerca, la tutela e la valorizzazione del patrimonio archeologico
Il volume sancisce una nuova tappa nell’attività di studio e ricerca della Soprintendenza Speciale Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Roma e raccoglie i contributi presentati durante il IV Convegno di Studi SITAR “Pensare in rete, pensare la rete per la ricerca, la tutela e la valorizzazione del patrimonio archeologico”, tenutosi in Roma il 14 ottobre 2015, con l’intento di illustrare i progressi nell’evoluzione progettuale della piattaforma pubblica del Sistema Informativo Territoriale Archeologico di Roma. Il focus del libro è centrato sull'esame delle nuove modalità di divulgazione del patrimonio archeologico che le istituzioni pubbliche e gli enti culturali sono tenuti a conseguire attraverso azioni condivise, in uno scenario che si articola tra nuovi traguardi comunicativi (open data, open access, condivisione di piattaforme applicative e informative) e spazi di interazione digitale ove perseguire una informazione democratica attraverso la libera circolazione dei dati.
Archeologia e Calcolatori, 29
Il volume 29 si apre con la pubblicazione degli Atti del Convegno “I dati archeologici. Accessibilità, proprietà, disseminazione” (Roma, CNR, 23 maggio 2017), a cura di Marco Arizza, Valeria Boi, Alessandra Caravale, Augusto Palombini e Alessandra Piergrossi. Gli Atti raccolgono 14 contributi di studiosi provenienti dal CNR, dall’Università e dal Ministero dei Beni Culturali, che hanno dato vita a un dibattito sul tema della documentazione e disseminazione dei risultati della ricerca archeologica. Seguono 11 articoli di studiosi ital7959iani e stranieri che illustrano ricerche archeologiche interdisciplinari in cui l’uso delle tecnologie informatiche risulta determinante per l’acquisizione, l’elaborazione e l’interpretazione dei dati. Tecniche di analisi statistica, banche dati, GIS e analisi spaziali, tecniche di rilievo tridimensionale e ricostruzioni virtuali, sistemi multimediali, contribuiscono a documentare le testimonianze del passato e a diffondere i risultati della ricerca scientifica. Chiude il volume la sezione dedicata alle note e recensioni
Intorno a Tiberio 1. Archeologia, cultura e letteratura del Principe e della sua epoca
La figura di Tiberio, sovrastata dal predecessore e segnata da una storiografia antica fortemente avversa, ha ottenuto scarsa fortuna negli studi archeologici e letterari. Il progetto milanese interdisciplinare Intorno a Tiberio. Archeologia, cultura e letteratura del principe e della sua epoca, di cui il presente volume costituisce la tappa inaugurale, rappresenta un tentativo, intrapreso in concomitanza con la ripresa degli scavi presso la villa della Grotta a Sperlonga, di strappare Tiberio e la sua epoca a questa umbratile esistenza nel panorama critico. Il volume è diviso in due sezioni (Ritratti e Contesti) rispettivamente incentrate sull’identikit culturale del princeps e su alcuni aspetti della sua epoca (personaggi, luoghi, prospettive storiche, generi e temi letterari); in entrambe le sezioni, i saggi di taglio storico e archeologico si alternano a contributi più prettamente letterari. Attraverso una rilettura aggiornata delle fonti letterarie e un nuovo esame dei dati archeologici, gli studi qui pubblicati intendono offrire, nel loro insieme, un contributo interdisciplinare alla ripresa delle ricerche sulla cultura di età tiberiana.
