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Masterworks at the Liebieghaus
The Liebighaus Museum in Frankfurt has one of the most important collections of sculpture in Europe, comprised of secular and religious works spanning more than 2000 years. This landmark publication is a rare opportunity to look closely at its amazing collection.
Corpus of Reliefs of the New Kingdom from the Memphite Necropolis and Lower Egypt
One of the remarkable anomalies of Egyptian History is that the source material for the study of one of the country's principal settlements sites and one of the greatest cities of antiquity-Memphis-is comparatively scarce. The Memphite cemeteries, however, have yielded up masses of material, particularly for the Archaic Period and the Old Kingdom. In the New Kingdom, with which we are concerned in this volume, Memphis was a city of immense administrative and cultural importance, as well as being the seat of the royal court, and there seems little reason to doubt that many of the great officials and courtiers of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and to some extent the Twentieth Dynasties were buried in Saqqara, the Memphite necropolis.
Der Altar der Maria Himmelfahrt von Andrea della Robbia im Liebieghaus zu Frankfurt
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,2, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: „Madonnen vom Fließband“ - So titelte der Spiegel in seiner 29. Ausgabe des Jahres 1998 seinen Artikel über die Della Robbia Dynastie. In der Tat hatte Andrea della Robbia die Familienwerkstatt nach seiner Übernahme im Laufe weniger Jahre zum stattlichen Produktionsunternehmen mit serieller Herstellung gemacht. Oder sollte man, wie es neben anderen auch der Kunsthistoriker Wil-helm Bode ausdrückte, eher „degradiert“ sagen? Die Massenproduktion, die Lucas Neffe in der Manufaktur einführte -und mit vorgefertigten Abdruckmulden bis auf die Spitze trieb- hat mehrere Fachleute dazu veranlasst, Andreas Werken im Bezug auf die Qualität kritisch gegenüberzustehen.
Displaying the Ideals of Antiquity
Displaying the Ideals of Antiquity investigates the study and display of ancient sculpture from archaeological, art historical, and museum studies perspectives. Ancient sculptures not only give us knowledge about ancient Greek and Roman pasts, but they also mediate ideals that inform modern perceptions of antiquity. This book analyzes how an art historical tradition establishes and preserves an idealized view of antiquity in classical archaeology and in museum exhibitions. The authors investigate how these ideals are kept alive today—an approach that often is neglected in studies on ancient reception.This book offers an international scope and illustrates how academic conceptual foundations influence museum exhibitions.This timely volume discusses contemporary museum exhibitions of ancient sculpture and clarifies how old discourses continue to affect museum exhibitions and conceptualizations of ancient sculptures. The authors analyze close to 100 museums around the world, and demonstrate the ways in which ancient sculptures are mediated across Europe and the West.
The Cult of Saint Thecla
"Thecla, a disciple of the apostle Paul, became perhaps the most celebrated female saint and 'martyr' among Christians in late antiquity. In the early church, Thecla's example was associated with the piety of women - in particular, with women's ministry and travel. Devotion to Saint Thecla quickly spread throughout the Mediterranean world: her image was painted on walls of tombs, stamped on clay flasks and oil lamps, engraved on bronze crosses and wooden combs, and even woven into textile curtains. Bringing together literary, artistic, and archaeological evidence, often for the first time, Stephen Davis here reconstructs the cult of Saint Thecla in Asia Minor and Egypt - the social practices, institutions, and artefacts that marked the lives of actual devotees. From this evidence the author shows how the cult of this female saint remained closely linked with communities of women as a source of empowerment and a cause of controversy."--Jacket.
The Gods of the Greeks
Originally published in Germany fifty years ago, The Gods of the Greeks has remained an enduring work. Influential scholar Erika Simon was one of the first to emphasize the importance of analyzing visual culture alongside literature to better understand how ancient Greeks perceived their gods. Giving due consideration to cult ritual and the phenomenon of genealogical relationships between mortals and immortals, this pioneering volume remains one of the few to approach the Greek gods from an archaeological perspective. From Zeus to Hermes, each of the major deities is considered in turn, with Simon’s insights on their nature and attributes guiding the reader to a fuller understanding of how their followers perceived and worshipped them in the ancient world. This careful and fluid translation finally makes Simon’s landmark edition accessible to English-language readers. With an abundance of beautiful illustrations, the book examines portrayals of the thirteen major gods in art over the course of two millennia. Scholars who study the lives and practices of those living in ancient Greece will value this newest contribution.
