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Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth
An unparalleled assemblage of Archaic black-figure painted pinakes (plaques) was uncovered near Penteskouphia, a village west of ancient Corinth, over a century ago. The pinakes-represented by over 1,200 fragments-and their depictions of gods, warriors, animals, and the potters themselves, provide a uniquely rich source of information about Greek art, technology, and society. In this volume, the findspot of the pinakes is identified in a contribution by Ioulia Tzonou and James Herbst, and the assemblage as a whole is fully contextualized within the Archaic world. Then, by focusing specifically on the images of potters at work, the author illuminates the relationship between Corinthian and Athenian art, the technology used in ancient pottery production, and religious anxiety in the 6th century B.C. The first comprehensive register of all known Penteskouphia pinakes complements the well-illustrated discussion.
Materiality in Roman Art and Architecture
The focus of this volume is on the aesthetics, semantics and function of materials in Roman antiquity between the 2nd century B.C. and the 2nd century A.D. It includes contributions on both architectural spaces (and their material design) and objects – types of 'artefacts' that differ greatly in the way they were used, perceived and loaded with cultural significance. With respect to architecture, the analysis of material aesthetics leads to a new understanding of the performance, imitation and transformation of surfaces, including the social meaning of such strategies. In the case of objects, surface treatments are equally important. However, object form (a specific design category), which can enter into tension with materiality, comes into particular focus. Only when materials are shaped do their various qualities emerge, and these qualities are, to a greater or lesser extent, transferred to objects. With a focus primarily on Roman Italy, the papers in this volume underscore the importance of material design and highlight the awareness of this matter in the ancient world.
A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases
Painted vases are the richest and most complex images that remain from ancient Greece. Over the past decades, a great deal has been written on ancient art that portrays myths and rituals. Less has been written on scenes of daily life, and what has been written has been tucked away in hard-to-find books and journals. A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases synthesizes this material and expands it: it is the first comprehensive volume to present visual representations of everything from pets and children's games to drunken revelry and funerary rituals. John H. Oakley's clear, accessible writing provides sound information with just the right amount of detail. Specialists of Greek art will welcome this book for its text and illustrations. This guide is an essential and much-needed reference for scholars and an ideal sourcebook for classics and art history.
The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
This volume presents the terracotta miscellaneous finds from the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Acrocorinth. The finds comprise 21 classes, including protomes and masks, altars, plaques, models of various personal and household items, and loomweights and other textile tools (the latter initially studied by Gloria S. Merker and brought to publication by Nancy Bookidis). In addition to providing a catalogue of the finds arranged according to their subjects, the authors compare these finds with similar objects found elsewhere in Greece and refer to literary, epigraphical, and visual sources to understand their possible uses and meanings and the character of religious activity that may have triggered their dedication in the sanctuary. This volume will greatly facilitate comparative studies of ancient Greek miscellaneous finds and will be an important reference for historians of Greek art as well as of Greek religion.
The Gordion Excavations, 1950-1973
This volume contains the excavation report for 12 cremation burials from the Phrygian site of Gordion in central Anatolia. These tombs, dating from the later seventh century to the third quarter of the 6th century BCE, were excavated by The University Museum between 1950 and 1969, and by the German brothers Alfred and Gustav Korte in 1900. The processes for interment through construction of tumulus and cremation procedure are carefully detailed, followed by an analysis of associated finds. Two tumuli of the Hellenistic period, both covering stone chambers with inhumation burials within, are included in an appendix. Further appendices discuss other specific materials excavated from the cremat...
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Jordaens and the Antique
"Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) was a Flemish Baroque painter whose work has largely been overshadowed by his contemporaries Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. Providing new insight on the artist as well as art historical context for his works, Jacob Jordaens and Antiquity emphasizes his strategic intelligence with respect to imagery and the art market and challenges the common characterization of Jordaens as a bourgeois artist of genre scenes. Jordaens's work is examined as an example of classical culture being introduced into the commercial and intellectual life of Antwerp. He was an artist with an unusual talent for conveying imagery from classical literature, ranging from Satyr and Peasant to Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man. Focusing on the theme of antiquity, this volume features eighty paintings, drawings, tapestries, and sculptures from private collections and major museums, including the Museo Nacional del Prado in Spain and the Statens Museum for Kunst in Denmark."--Publisher's website.
Die Terrakotten der antiken Stadt Elis
Elis war die Hauptstadt der gleichnamigen antiken Landschaft in der nordwestlichen Peloponnes. Sie besass uberregionale Bedeutung dadurch, dass sie die administrative Kontrolle uber das panhellenische Zeusheiligtum von Olympia und damit auch uber die Olympischen Spiele ausubte. Bei den griechischen Ausgrabungen, die zwischen 1960 und 1970 im Stadtgebiet von Elis durchgefuhrt worden sind, kamen zahlreiche figurliche Terrakotten zu Tage, die nun erstmals vorgestellt werden. Zu dem umfangreichen Material gehoren neben matrizengeformten Tonfiguren klassischer bis spathellenistischer Zeit zahlreiche Protomen und Fragmente von modellierten Tonplastiken des 5. und 4. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. In Motiven...
Innovationen in der Privatplastik
Dieses Buch über die 'Innovationen in der altägyptischen Privatplastik' beschäftigt sich schwerpunktmäßig mit der 18. Dynastie, einem sehr lebendigen und turbulenten Abschnitt der altägyptischen Geschichte bis zu ihrem revolutionären Höhepunkt in der Amarnazeit. Darüberhinaus wird ein Gesamtüberblick über die Entwicklung der Privatplastik als Spiegelbild der jeweiligen Zeit gegeben. Die 18. Dynastie (1539-1293 v.Chr.) verdeutlicht einen großen Wandel im Selbstverständnis der Menschen, denn sie lassen sich jetzt in der Funktion als Erzieher oder als Beteiligter am Kult darstellen. Dies zeigt sich anhand vieler neuer Statuentypen, wie den Erzieherstatuen, Theophoren, Sistrophoren oder Opferplattenträgern, also Statuen, die vor sich Königskinder, Götterfiguren, Naossistren oder Opferplatten halten oder berühren. In einem methodischen Teil werden verschiedene Aspekte der Statuenterminologie angesprochen und Vorschläge zur computertechnischen Auswertung gemacht.
Auf dem Weg zum Museum
Das Museum in seiner institutionalisierten Form ist in Europa eine Errungenschaft des 19. Jahrhunderts, in dessen Verlauf sich Museumstypen wie etwa das Kunstmuseum oder das Völkerkundemuseum etablierten. Vorangegangen waren dieser Festschreibung, die in relevanten Aspekten bis heute ihre Gültigkeit bewahrt hat, ganz unterschiedliche Formen der Präsentation und Sammlung im 18. Jahrhundert, die letztlich die Voraussetzungen für die Institutionen der Folgezeit boten. Seit einigen Jahren hat die Auseinandersetzung mit Fragen der Museumsgeschichte eine zuvor nicht erahnte Konjunktur erreicht. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Geschichte der Sammlungen neuzeitlicher Kunst wie etwa den Gemäldegalerien. Demgegenüber ist es das Anliegen des vorliegenden Bandes, durch eine intensivere Erforschung von Sammlungen antiker Kunst das Wissen um die allmähliche Herausbildung musealer Strukturen und Praktiken während des 18. Jahrhunderts zu erweitern und auszudifferenzieren. Gerade die fürstlichen Antikensammlungen der Epoche erweisen sich dabei als ein wichtiges ›vormuseales‹ Experimentierfeld.
