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Divine Images and Human Imaginations in Ancient Greece and Rome

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047441656
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Divine Images and Human Imaginations in Ancient Greece and Rome written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The polytheistic religious systems of ancient Greece and Rome reveal an imaginative attitude towards the construction of the divine. One of the most important instruments in this process was certainly the visualisation. Images of the gods transformed the divine world into a visually experienceable entity, comprehensible even without a theoretical or theological superstructure. For the illiterates, images were together with oral traditions and rituals the only possibility to approach the idea of the divine; for the intellectuals, images of the gods could be allegorically transcended symbols to reflect upon. Based on the art historical and textual evidence, this volume offers a fresh view on the historical, literary, and artistic significance of divine images as powerful visual media of religious and intellectual communication.

Classical Archaeology in Context

Author : Donald Haggis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1614519986
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (145 download)

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Book Synopsis Classical Archaeology in Context by : Donald Haggis

Download or read book Classical Archaeology in Context written by Donald Haggis and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compiles a series of case studies derived from archaeological excavation in Greek cultural contexts in the Mediterranean (ca. 800-100 B.C), addressing the current state of the field, the goals and direction of Greek archaeology, and its place in archaeological thought and practice. Overviews of archaeological sites and analyses of assemblages and contexts explore how new forms of data; methods of data recovery and analysis; and sampling strategies have affected the discourse in classical archaeology and the range of research questions and strategies at our disposal. Recent excavations and field practices are steering the way that we approach Greek cultural landscapes and form broader theoretical perspectives, while generating new research questions and interpretive frameworks that in turn affect how we sample sites, collect and study material remains, and ultimately construct the archaeological record. The book confronts the implications of an integrated dialogue between realms of data and interpretive methodologies, addressing how reengagement with the site, assemblage, or artifact, from the excavation context can structure the way that we link archaeological and systemic contexts in classical archaeology.

On the Agora

Author : Christopher P. Dickenson
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004334750
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book On the Agora written by Christopher P. Dickenson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Agora traces the evolution of the main public square of the Greek polis for the six centuries from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the height of the Roman Empire and the Herulian invasion of Greece in 267 AD. Drawing on literary, epigraphic and, especially, archaeological evidence, the book takes a comparative approach to consider how the layout and function of agoras in cities throughout Greece changed during centuries that witnessed far reaching transformations in culture, society and political life. The book challenges the popular view of the post-Classical agora as characterised by decline, makes important arguments about how we use evidence to understand ancient public spaces and proposes many new interpretations of individual sites.

Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World

Author : David Sacks
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438110200
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World written by David Sacks and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the people, places and events found in over 2,000 years of Greek civilization.

Structure, Image, Ornament

Author : Ralf Von den Hoff
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782973079
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book Structure, Image, Ornament written by Ralf Von den Hoff and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2014-05-31 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the proceedings of a conference hosted by the American School of Classical Studies, Athens and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Athens in 2004. There are additional contributions from Patricia Butz, Robin Osborne, Katherine Schwab, Justin St. P. Walsh, Hilda Westervelt and Lorenz Winkler-Horacek. The contents are divided into four sections I. Structure and Ornament; II. Technique and Agency; III. Myth and Narrative and IV. Diffusion and Influence. Highlights include Robin Osbornes discussion of What you can do with a chariot but cant do with a satyr on a Greek temple; Ralf von den Hoffs consideration of the Athenian treasury at Delphi; and Katherine Schwabs presentation of New evidence for Parthenon east metope 14. The papers not only cover a great variety of issues in architectural sculpture but also present a range of case studies from all over the Greek world. The result is an important collection of current research.

The Archaeology of Athens and Attica Under the Democracy

Author : William D. E. Coulson
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Athens and Attica Under the Democracy written by William D. E. Coulson and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the proceedings of an international conference celebrating 2500 years since the birth of democracy in Greece, held at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, December 4-6, 1992. Topics include the date of the old temple of Athena on the Athenian Acropolis.

Ancient Old World Pottery

Author : Walter Noll
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783510653362
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Old World Pottery written by Walter Noll and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient ceramics are a mainstay of archaeological assemblages, second to nothing in their sheer number of finds at almost all sites and in all cultures pertaining to the last ten thousand years, and as such unsurpassed in their information potential. The authors summarise the development of ceramic technology throughout the Old World during Neolithic/ Chalcolithic/Bronze Ages. They base their study on mineralogical and chemical analyses of typical pottery fragments collected by the first author, Walter Noll during the last quarter of the past century. Readers and reviewers of the original German edition have often suggested the need for an updated English edition ofthis important work, finally undertaken by Robert B. Heimann. Chapters one to four comprehensively describe - in a very readable way - the principles of ancient ceramic technology largely based on Walter Noll's own work, demonstrating the chemical, mineralogical and materials science background of this subject matter. Chapter 5 discusses the results of Noll's analytical work on a limited number of ancient ceramic objects from Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Iran, Sistan, the Indus Valley, and Egypt to complement the scientific foundation laid down in the first chapters. The authors describe and explain in an intuitive and plausible way the sometimes very complex and erudite physico-chemical relationships among minerals during processing of clays and the firing of ceramics. Thus, they unravel the intricate interplay of the mineralogy of clays, and their processing, shaping, firing and painting to arrive at ceramic masterpieces handed down to us from the distant past. In a logical manner, the authors present many procedural details about the making of ancient ceramics by addressing geographical, local geological, stratigraphic, and socio-economic constraints the ancient potters faced. By considering these environmental factors, an appreciation is won of all human, collective and collaborative processes needed to create and transmit the light of understanding of past societies. 93 figures, 16 colour plates and 36 tables as well as an extensive reference list, and exhaustive subject and location indices supplement the text this book which should is of widest interest not only to the ceramics specialist but also to everybody fascinated by the material witnesses of the technological achievements of ancient artisans.

The Greek Tyrants

Author : A. Andrewes
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003805736
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Greek Tyrants written by A. Andrewes and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1956 The Greek Tyrants is concerned primarily with an early period of Greek history, when the aristocracies which ruled in the eighth and seventh centuries were losing control of their cities and were very often overthrown by a tyranny, which in its turn gave way to the oligarchies and democracies of the classical period. The tyrants who seized power from time to time in various cities of Greece are analogous to the dictators of our own day and represented for the Greeks a political problem which is still topical: whether it is ever advantageous for a State to concentrate power in the hands of an individual. Those early tyrannies are an important phase of Greek political development: the author discusses here the various military, economic, political, and social factors of the situation which produce them. The book thus forms an introduction to the central period of Greek political history and will be of interest to scholars and researchers of political thought, ancient history, and Greek philosophy.

Scientific Methods and Cultural Heritage

Author : Gilberto Artioli
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199548269
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Scientific Methods and Cultural Heritage written by Gilberto Artioli and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-08 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scientific analysis of cultural heritage materials poses specific and often difficult analytical challenges. This book attempts to rationalize the links between the most commonly asked questions in archaeology, art history, and conservation with the potential answers resulting from the vast array of scientific techniques presently available.

From Pergamon to Sperlonga

Author : Nancy T. de Grummond
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520924835
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book From Pergamon to Sperlonga written by Nancy T. de Grummond and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together the work of leading scholars on two of the most important, yet puzzling, extant ensembles of Hellenistic Age sculpture: the Great Altar at Pergamon, with its Gigantomachy and scenes from the life of Telephos, and the Cave at Sperlonga in Italy, with its epic themes connected especially with the adventures of Odysseus. From Pergamon to Sperlonga has three aims: to update the scholarship on two important monuments of ancient art and architecture; to debate questions of iconography, authorship, and date; and to broaden the scope of discussion on these monuments beyond the boundaries of studies done in the past. In addition, the volume brings forward new ideas about how these two monuments are connected and discusses possible means by which stylistic influences were transmitted between them.

Petrification Processes in Matter and Society

Author : Sophie Hüglin
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030693880
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Petrification Processes in Matter and Society written by Sophie Hüglin and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-13 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Petrification is a process, but it also can be understood as a concept. This volume takes the first steps to manifest, materialize or “petrify” the concept of “petrification” and turn it into a tool for analyzing material and social processes. The wide array of approaches to petrification as a process assembled here is more of a collection of possibilities than an attempt to establish a firm, law-generating theory. Divided into three parts, this volume’s twenty-plus authors explore petrification both as a theoretical concept and as a contextualized material and social process across geological, prehistoric and historic periods. Topics connecting the various papers are properties of materials, preferences and choices of actors, the temporality of matter, being and becoming, the relationality between actors, matter, things and space (landscape, urban space, built space), and perceptions of the following generations dealing with the petrified matter, practices, and social relations. Contributors to this volume study specifically whether particular processes of petrification are confined to the material world or can be seen as mirroring, following, triggering, or contradicting changes in social life and general world views. Each of the authors explores – for a period or a specific feature – practices and changes that led to increased conformity and regularity. Some authors additionally focus on the methods and scrutinize them and their applications for their potential to create objects of investigation: things, people, periods, in order to raise awareness for these or to shape or “invent” categories. This volume is of interest to archaeologists, geologists, architectural historians, conservationists, and historians.

The Architectural Development of the Greek Stoa

Author : J. J. Coulton
Publisher : Oxford [Eng.] : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Architectural Development of the Greek Stoa written by J. J. Coulton and published by Oxford [Eng.] : Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Architectural Developemnt of the Greek Stoa

Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture

Author : Όλγα Παλαγιά
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521657389
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture written by Όλγα Παλαγιά and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1996 book Identifies and evaluates the distinctive styles of five important ancient Greek sculptors.

Sport in the Cultures of the Ancient World

Author : Zinon Papakonstantinou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131798949X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Book Synopsis Sport in the Cultures of the Ancient World by : Zinon Papakonstantinou

Download or read book Sport in the Cultures of the Ancient World written by Zinon Papakonstantinou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport has been practised in the Greco-Roman world at least since the second millennium BC. It was socially integrated and was practised in the context of ceremonial performances, physical education and established local and international competitions including, most famously, the Olympic Games. In recent years, the continuous re-assessment of old and new evidence in conjunction with the development of new methodological perspectives have created the need for a fresh examination of central aspects of ancient sport in a single volume. This book fills that gap in ancient sport scholarship. When did the ancient Olympics begin? How is sport depicted in the work of the fifth-century historian Herodotus? What was the association between sport and war in fifth- and fourth-century BC Athens? What were the social and political implications of the practice of Greek-style sport in third-century BC Ptolemaic Egypt? How were Roman gladiatorial shows perceived and transformed in the Greek-speaking east? And what were the conditions of sport participation by boys and girls in ancient Rome? These are some of the questions that this book, written by an international cast of distinguished scholars on ancient sport, attempts to answer. Covering a wide chronological and geographical scope (ancient Mediterranean from the early first millennium BC to fourth century AD), individual articles re-examine old and new evidence, and offer stimulating, original interpretations of key aspects of ancient sport in its political, military, cultural, social, ceremonial and ideological setting. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Handbook of Greek Sculpture

Author : Olga Palagia
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1614513538
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Greek Sculpture written by Olga Palagia and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Greek Sculpture aims to provide a detailed examination of current research and directions in the field. Bringing together an international cast of contributors from Greece, Italy, France, Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, the volume incorporates new areas of research, such as the sculptures of Messene and Macedonia, sculpture in Roman Greece, and the contribution of Greek sculptors in Rome, as well as important aspects of Greek sculpture like techniques and patronage. The written sources (literary and epigraphical) are explored in dedicated chapters, as are function and iconography and the reception of Greek sculpture in modern Europe. Inspired by recent exhibitions on Lysippos and Praxiteles,the book also revisits the style and the personal contributions of the great masters.

Polis and Personification in Classical Athenian Art

Author : Amy C. Smith
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004214526
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Polis and Personification in Classical Athenian Art written by Amy C. Smith and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study Dr Smith investigates the use of political personifications in the visual arts of Athens in the Classical period (480-323 BCE). Whether on objects that served primarily private roles (e.g. decorated vases) or public roles (e.g. cult statues and document stelai), these personifications represented aspects of the state of Athens—its people, government, and events—as well as the virtues (e.g. Nemesis, Peitho or Persuasion, and Eirene or Peace) that underpinned it. Athenians used the same figural language to represent other places and their peoples. This is the only study that uses personifications as a lens through which to view the intellectual and political climate of Athens in the Classical period.

Attic Grave Reliefs that Represent Women in the Dress of Isis

Author : Elizabeth J. Walters
Publisher : ASCSA
ISBN 13 : 9780876615225
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book Attic Grave Reliefs that Represent Women in the Dress of Isis written by Elizabeth J. Walters and published by ASCSA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author investigates the appearance of a fashion in clothing, involving a knotted mantle worn across the chest, on many Attic stelae of the Roman period. She suggests that this style can be traced to Egyptian roots, and might have been particularly associated with a cult of Isis, popular among wealthy Athenians. The book presents a catalogue of the 106 known Isis reliefs from Attica and a review of all forms of evidence for the cult.