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Il bestiario fantastico di età orientalizzante nella penisola italiana

Author : Maria Cristina Biella
Publisher : Tangram Ediz. Scientifiche
ISBN 13 : 8864580697
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book Il bestiario fantastico di età orientalizzante nella penisola italiana written by Maria Cristina Biella and published by Tangram Ediz. Scientifiche. This book was released on 2012 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "L'Italia centrale tirrenica nel VII sec. a.C. è ormai da tempo pienamente inserita in un ricco circuito di scambi e commerci a livello mediterraneo. In questo complesso quadro di scambi e contatti, che hanno portato a una radicale trasformazione in ampi settori dell'Italia preromana, uno degli aspetti forse più evidenti e facilmente percepibili è l'evoluzione nelle produzioni artigianali etrusche e italiche di un interessante e variegato bestiario fantastico, che in buona parte affonda le sue radici in ambito lato sensu orientale e greco, ma la cui sopravvivenza nel corso del VII secolo a.C. e oltre, è in un certo senso garantita dalle differenti riletture locali, che spesso rielaborano liberamente i modelli allotri dando vita a figurazioni parzialmente o del tutto nuove.Il volume Il bestiario fantastico di età orientalizzante nella Penisola Italiana, che inaugura i Quaderni della serie Aristonothos, Scritti per il Mediterraneo Antico, ha lo scopo di creare un dossier di partenza, con il fine di attirare attenzione sul fenomeno e suscitare un dibattito, coinvolgendo studiosi che da diversi punti di vista (archeologico, storico artistico, antropologico, ecc.) e a diversi gradi di approfondimento, hanno incontrato nella propria ricerca questo aspetto della cultura figurativa."--Page 4 de la couverture

Dependency and Social Inequality in Pre-Roman Italy

Author : Martin Bentz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311155841X
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (115 download)

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Book Synopsis Dependency and Social Inequality in Pre-Roman Italy by : Martin Bentz

Download or read book Dependency and Social Inequality in Pre-Roman Italy written by Martin Bentz and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-10-21 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past, most studies on Pre-Roman societies in Italy (1st millennium BCE) focused on the elites, their representation and cultural contacts. The aim of this volume is to look at dependent and marginalized social groups, which are less visible and often even difficult to define (slaves, servants, freedmen, captives, 'foreigners', athletes, women, children etc.). The methodological challenges connected to the study of such heterogeneous and scattered sources are addressed. Is the evidence representative enough for defining different forms of dependencies? Can we rely on written and pictorial sources or do they only reflect Greek and Roman views and iconographic conventions? Which social groups can't be traced in the literary and archaeological record? For the investigation of this topic, we combined historical and epigraphical studies (Greek and Roman literary sources, Etruscan inscriptions) with material culture studies (images, sanctuaries, necropoleis) including anthropological and bioarchaeological methods. These new insights open a new chapter in the study of dependency and social inequality in the societies of Pre-Roman Italy.

Deliciae Fictiles V. Networks and Workshops

Author : Patricia Lulof
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789253136
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Book Synopsis Deliciae Fictiles V. Networks and Workshops by : Patricia Lulof

Download or read book Deliciae Fictiles V. Networks and Workshops written by Patricia Lulof and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temples are the most prestigious buildings in the urban landscape of ancient Italy, emerging within a network of centres of the then-known Mediterranean world. Notwithstanding the fragmentary condition of the buildings’ remains, these monuments – and especially their richly decorated roofs – are crucial sources of information on the constitution of political, social and craft identities, acting as agents in displaying the meaning of images. The subject of this volume is thematic and includes material from the Eastern Mediterranean (including Greece and Turkey). Contributors discuss the network between patron elites and specialized craft communities that were responsible for the sophisticated terracotta decoration of temples in Italy between 600 and 100 BC, focusing on the mobility of craft people and craft traditions and techniques, asking how images, iconographies, practices and materials can be used to explain the organization of ancient production, distribution and consumption. Special attention has been given to relations with the Eastern Mediterranean (Greece and Anatolia). Investigating craft communities, workshop organizations and networks has never been thoroughly undertaken for this period and region, nor for this exceptionally rich category of materials, or for the craftspeople producing the architectural terracottas. Papers in this volume aim to improve our understanding of roof production and construction in this period, to reveal relationships between main production centres, and to study the possible influences of immigrant craftspeople.

Apotropaia and Phylakteria: Confronting Evil in Ancient Greece

Author : Maria G. Spathi
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803277505
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis Apotropaia and Phylakteria: Confronting Evil in Ancient Greece by : Maria G. Spathi

Download or read book Apotropaia and Phylakteria: Confronting Evil in Ancient Greece written by Maria G. Spathi and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The belief in the existence of evil forces was part of ancient everyday life and a phenomenon deeply embedded in popular thought of the Greek world. Stemming from a conference held in Athens in June 2021, this volume addresses the apotropaia and phylakteria from different perspectives: via literary sources, archaeological material, and iconography.

Etruscology

Author : Alessandro Naso
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1934078492
Total Pages : 1856 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Etruscology by : Alessandro Naso

Download or read book Etruscology written by Alessandro Naso and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 1856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook has two purposes: it is intended (1) as a handbook of Etruscology or Etruscan Studies, offering a state-of-the-art and comprehensive overview of the history of the discipline and its development, and (2) it serves as an authoritative reference work representing the current state of knowledge on Etruscan civilization. The organization of the volume reflects this dual purpose. The first part of the volume is dedicated to methodology and leading themes in current research, organized thematically, whereas the second part offers a diachronic account of Etruscan history, culture, religion, art & archaeology, and social and political relations and structures, as well as a systematic treatment of the topography of the Etruscan civilization and sphere of influence.

Potamikon: Sinews of Acheloios

Author : Nicholas J. Molinari
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784914029
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Book Synopsis Potamikon: Sinews of Acheloios by : Nicholas J. Molinari

Download or read book Potamikon: Sinews of Acheloios written by Nicholas J. Molinari and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-07-10 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, Potamikon, presents an investigation into the origin and identity of the man-faced bull, as well as a catalogue of coins.

People of Ancient Daunia

Author : Camilla Norman
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
ISBN 13 : 1950446476
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (54 download)

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Book Synopsis People of Ancient Daunia by : Camilla Norman

Download or read book People of Ancient Daunia written by Camilla Norman and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The statue-stelae of Early Iron Age Daunia (north Apulia, Italy), a group of stone slabs, are each incised to represent the garb and accoutrements of a person. They detail the clothing and adornment worn by men and women in full regalia, plus, through additional figurative images drawn on the robes, show ritual practices, everyday activities, and scenes of local legend. As such, they offer an unparalleled window into the lives of a proto-historic people, providing a rich source of self-representation for what is otherwise a fairly poorly understood society. Grounded in the scholarship of post-colonial and gender archaeology, this book pays full respect to the agency of indigenous communities and the important role of women. It considers the stelae not through a Hellenic lens, but in the Italo-Adriatic context to which they belong. This is the first time an in-depth, holistic study of the Daunian stelae has been undertaken, and the first presentation of the material in English.

Sacred Nature

Author : Nicola Laneri
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789259193
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Book Synopsis Sacred Nature by : Nicola Laneri

Download or read book Sacred Nature written by Nicola Laneri and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacred Nature: Animism and Materiality in Ancient Religions is the second volume of the series Material Religion in Antiquity (MaReA). The book collects the proceedings of the international online workshop carrying the same title organized by CAMNES, SoRS on 20–21 May 2021. Sacred Nature brings together the perspectives of scholars from different disciplines (archaeology, anthropology, iconography, philology, history of religions) about the notions of nature, sacredness, animism and materiality in ancient religions of the Old and the New World. The contributions highlight various ways of understandings the relationships that occurred between human beings, animals, plants, rivers, deities and the land in the religious life of ancient societies. In particular, each chapter explores entangled aspects of the perception of nature and its other-than-human inhabitants, and contributes to readdress some notions about nature, personhood/agency, divinity/sacrality, and materiality/spirituality in ancient religions and cosmologies. In this line, the book seeks to promote a starkly inter-disciplinary and religious-anthropological approach to the definition of ‘sacred nature’, especially engaging with the analytical category of animism as a fruitful conceptual tool for the investigation of human-environmental relations in the ancient religious conceptions, representations and practices. Dialoguing with animism and drawing upon the question on how an ancient religion happened materially, the volume presents key case studies that explore how nature and its non-human inhabitants were understood, represented, engaged with and interwoven in the sacred and sensuous landscapes of ancients.

Etruria and Anatolia

Author : Elizabeth P. Baughan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009151029
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Etruria and Anatolia written by Elizabeth P. Baughan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores trans-Mediterranean connections between peoples, cultures, and artistic traditions traditionally marginalized by Graeco-Roman bias.

The Peoples of Ancient Italy

Author : Gary D. Farney
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501500147
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis The Peoples of Ancient Italy by : Gary D. Farney

Download or read book The Peoples of Ancient Italy written by Gary D. Farney and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there are many studies of certain individual ancient Italic groups (e.g. the Etruscans, Gauls and Latins), there is no work that takes a comprehensive view of each of them—the famous and the less well-known—that existed in Iron Age and Roman Italy. Moreover, many previous studies have focused only on the material evidence for these groups or on what the literary sources have to say about them. This handbook is conceived of as a resource for archaeologists, historians, philologists and other scholars interested in finding out more about Italic groups from the earliest period they are detectable (early Iron Age, in most instances), down to the time when they begin to assimilate into the Roman state (in the late Republican or early Imperial period). As such, it will endeavor to include both archaeological and historical perspectives on each group, with contributions from the best-known or up-and-coming archaeologists and historians for these peoples and topics. The language of the volume is English, but scholars from around the world have contributed to it. This volume covers the ancient peoples of Italy more comprehensively in individual chapters, and it is also distinct because it has a thematic section.

Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean

Author : Carolina López-Ruiz
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674269950
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Book Synopsis Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean by : Carolina López-Ruiz

Download or read book Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean written by Carolina López-Ruiz and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An important new book...offers a powerful call for historians of the ancient Mediterranean to consider their implicit biases in writing ancient history and it provides an example of how more inclusive histories may be written.” —Denise Demetriou, New England Classical Journal “With a light touch and a masterful command of the literature, López-Ruiz replaces old ideas with a subtle and more accurate account of the extensive cross-cultural exchange patterns and economy driven by the Phoenician trade networks that ‘re-wired’ the Mediterranean world. A must read.” —J. G. Manning, author of The Open Sea “[A] substantial and important contribution...to the ancient history of the Mediterranean. López-Ruiz’s work does justice to the Phoenicians’ role in shaping Mediterranean culture by providing rational and factual argumentation and by setting the record straight.” —Hélène Sader, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Imagine you are a traveler sailing to the major cities around the Mediterranean in 750 BC. You would notice a remarkable similarity in the dress, alphabet, consumer goods, and gods from Gibraltar to Tyre. This was not the Greek world—it was the Phoenician. Propelled by technological advancements of a kind unseen since the Neolithic revolution, Phoenicians knit together diverse Mediterranean societies, fostering a literate and sophisticated urban elite sharing common cultural, economic, and aesthetic modes. Following the trail of the Phoenicians from the Levant to the Atlantic coast of Iberia, Carolina López-Ruiz offers the first comprehensive study of the cultural exchange that transformed the Mediterranean in the eighth and seventh centuries BC. Greeks, Etruscans, Sardinians, Iberians, and others adopted a Levantine-inflected way of life, as they aspired to emulate Near Eastern civilizations. López-Ruiz explores these many inheritances, from sphinxes and hieratic statues to ivories, metalwork, volute capitals, inscriptions, and Ashtart iconography. Meticulously documented and boldly argued, Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean revises the Hellenocentric model of the ancient world and restores from obscurity the true role of Near Eastern societies in the history of early civilizations.

Bronze Monsters and the Cultures of Wonder

Author : Nassos Papalexandrou
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477323619
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Book Synopsis Bronze Monsters and the Cultures of Wonder by : Nassos Papalexandrou

Download or read book Bronze Monsters and the Cultures of Wonder written by Nassos Papalexandrou and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth and seventh centuries BCE were a time of flourishing exchange between the Mediterranean and the Near East. One of the period’s key imports to the Hellenic and Italic worlds was the image of the griffin, a mythical monster that usually possesses the body of a lion and the head of an eagle. In particular, bronze cauldrons bore griffin protomes—figurative attachments showing the neck and head of the beast. Crafted in fine detail, the protomes were made to appear full of vigor, transfixing viewers. Bronze Monsters and the Cultures of Wonder takes griffin cauldrons as case studies in the shifting material and visual universes of pre-classical antiquity, arguing that they were perceived as lifelike monsters that introduced the illusion of verisimilitude to Mediterranean arts. The objects were placed in the tombs of the wealthy (Italy, Cyprus) and in sanctuaries (Greece), creating fantastical environments akin to later cabinets of curiosities. Yet griffin cauldrons were accessible only to elites, ensuring that the new experience of visuality they fostered was itself a symbol of status. Focusing on the sensory encounter of this new visuality, Nassos Papalexandrou shows how spaces made wondrous fostered novel subjectivities and social distinctions.

Ornament and Figure in Graeco-Roman Art

Author : Nikolaus Dietrich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110468832
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Book Synopsis Ornament and Figure in Graeco-Roman Art by : Nikolaus Dietrich

Download or read book Ornament and Figure in Graeco-Roman Art written by Nikolaus Dietrich and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does ‘decoration’ work? What are the relations between ‘figurative’ and ‘ornamental’ modes? And how do such modern western distinctions relate to other critical traditions? While these questions have been much debated among art historians, our book offers an ancient visual cultural perspective. On the one hand, we argue, Greek and Roman materials have proved instrumental in shaping modern assumptions. On the other hand, those ideologies are fundamentally removed from ancient ideas: an ancient perspective can therefore shed light on larger aesthetic debates about what images are – or indeed what they should be. This anthology of specially commissioned essays explores a variety of case studies (both literary and art historical alike): it discusses materials from across the ancient Mediterranean, and from Geometric art all the way through to late antiquity; the book also tackles questions of ‘figure’ and ‘ornament’ in relation to different media – including painting, free-standing statues, relief sculpture, mosaics and architecture. A particular feature of the volume lies in bringing together different national academic traditions, building a bridge between formalist approaches and broader cultural historical perspectives.

The Human Body in Early Iron Age Central Europe

Author : Katharina Rebay-Salisbury
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351998722
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Book Synopsis The Human Body in Early Iron Age Central Europe by : Katharina Rebay-Salisbury

Download or read book The Human Body in Early Iron Age Central Europe written by Katharina Rebay-Salisbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identities and social relations are fundamental elements of societies. To approach these topics from a new and different angle, this study takes the human body as the focal point of investigation. It tracks changing identities of early Iron Age people in central Europe through body-related practices: the treatment of the body after death and human representations in art. The human remains themselves provide information on biological parameters of life, such as sex, biological age, and health status. Objects associated with the body in the grave and funerary practices give further insights on how people of the early Iron Age understood life and death, themselves, and their place in the world. Representations of the human body appear in a variety of different materials, forms, and contexts, ranging from ceramic figurines to images on bronze buckets. Rather than focussing on their narrative content, human images are here interpreted as visualising and mediating identity. The analysis of how image elements were connected reveals networks of social relations that connect central Europe to the Mediterranean. Body ideals, nudity, sex and gender, aging, and many other aspects of women’s and men’s lives feature in this book. Archaeological evidence for marriage and motherhood, war, and everyday life is brought together to paint a vivid picture of the past.

Athens, Etruria, and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery

Author : Sheramy D. Bundrick
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299321002
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Athens, Etruria, and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery written by Sheramy D. Bundrick and published by University of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lucrative trade in Athenian pottery flourished from the early sixth until the late fifth century B.C.E., finding an eager market in Etruria. Most studies of these painted vases focus on the artistry and worldview of the Greeks who made them, but Sheramy D. Bundrick shifts attention to their Etruscan customers, ancient trade networks, and archaeological contexts. Thousands of Greek painted vases have emerged from excavations of tombs, sanctuaries, and settlements throughout Etruria, from southern coastal centers to northern communities in the Po Valley. Using documented archaeological assemblages, especially from tombs in southern Etruria, Bundrick challenges the widely held assumption that Etruscans were hellenized through Greek imports. She marshals evidence to show that Etruscan consumers purposefully selected figured pottery that harmonized with their own local needs and customs, so much so that the vases are better described as etruscanized. Athenian ceramic workers, she contends, learned from traders which shapes and imagery sold best to the Etruscans and employed a variety of strategies to maximize artistry, output, and profit.

The Sword

Author : Lisa Deutscher
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783274271
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book The Sword written by Lisa Deutscher and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2019 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multidisciplinary overview of current research into the enduringly fascinating martial artefact which is the sword.

Interactions between Animals and Humans in Graeco-Roman Antiquity

Author : Thorsten Fögen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110545624
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Interactions between Animals and Humans in Graeco-Roman Antiquity by : Thorsten Fögen

Download or read book Interactions between Animals and Humans in Graeco-Roman Antiquity written by Thorsten Fögen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventeen contributions to this volume, written by leading experts, show that animals and humans in Graeco-Roman antiquity are interconnected on a variety of different levels and that their encounters and interactions often result from their belonging to the same structures, ‘networks’ and communities or at least from finding themselves together in a certain setting, context or environment – wittingly or unwittingly. Papers explore the concrete categories of interaction between animals and humans that can be identified, in what contexts they occur, and what types of evidence can be productively used to examine the concept of interactions. Articles in this volume take into account literary, visual, and other types of evidence. A comprehensive research bibliography is also provided.