Chryselephantine Statuary In The Ancient Mediterranean World
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Chryselephantine Statuary In The Ancient Mediterranean World
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Author : Kenneth D. S. Lapatin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Chryselephantine Statuary In The Ancient Mediterranean World written by Kenneth D. S. Lapatin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Mediterranean Region categories.
Composite statues of gold (chrysos), ivory (elephas), and other precious materials were the most celebrated artworks of classical antiquity. Greek and Latin authors leave no doubt that such images provided a centrepiece for religious and civic life and that vast sums were spent to producethem. A number of these statues were the creations of antiquity's most highly acclaimed artists: Polykleitos, Alkamenes, Leochares, and, of course, Pheidias, whose magnificent Zeus Olympios came to be ranked among the Seven Wonders of the World. Although a few individual images such as Pheidias'Athena Parthenos have been the subject of detailed scholarly analysis, chryselephantine statuary as a class, from the exquisite statuettes of Minoan Crete to the majestic temple images constructed by classical Greek city-states and imitated by the Romans, has not received comprehensive study since1815. This book presents not only the ancient literary and epigraphical evidence for lost statues and examines representations of them in other media, but also assembles and analyses much-neglected physical survivals, elucidating throughout the innovative techniques, such as ivory-bending, employedin their production as well as the variety of social, religious, and political roles they played within the ancient societies that produced them.
Chryselephantine Statuary In The Ancient Mediterranean World
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Author : Kenneth D. S. Lapatin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Chryselephantine Statuary In The Ancient Mediterranean World written by Kenneth D. S. Lapatin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Sculpture, Chryselephantine categories.
Report On The Aeginetan Sculptures
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Author : Johann Martin Wagner
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2017-04-24
Report On The Aeginetan Sculptures written by Johann Martin Wagner and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-24 with History categories.
Tells the story of Bavarias acquisition of ancient Greek sculptures that rivaled those acquired by England from the Parthenon. The controversial removal of the Parthenon sculptures from Greece to England in the first decade of the nineteenth century by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin, sparked an international competition for classical antiquities. This volume tells a lesser-known chapter of that story, concerning sculptures from the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina. Discovered in 1811 as the Parthenon project was nearing its completion, these ancient sculptures were acquired at auction by Johann Martin Wagner (17771858) on behalf of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria. The sculptures turned out to be significant in a number of ways, offering important evidence for a transitional period of Greek art between the archaic and classical eras, for the existence of an independent Aeginetan school that was the equal of Athenian art at the time, and for Greek sculptures having been elaborately painted and adorned. Originally published in 1817 and presented here for the first time in English, this book reproduces the report commissioned by the crown prince that was written by Wagner and edited by F. W. J. Schelling and contained richly detailed descriptions of the sculptures. In addition, Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. provides a comprehensive historical introduction featuring a constellation of intellectual figures, an afterword, notes, appendices, and more than forty images to tell the fascinating story of the sculptures and their legacy from excavation to the present day.
The Names Of The Gods In Ancient Mediterranean Religions
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Author : Corinne Bonnet
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2024-03-07
The Names Of The Gods In Ancient Mediterranean Religions written by Corinne Bonnet and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-07 with History categories.
From Greece to Palmyra, Tyre to Babylon, the names of the gods reveal their fields of competence and action. Through the study of divine names, the twelve chapters of this book unfold a gallery of portraits that reveal the changing aspects of the divine throughout the ancient Mediterranean.
Gods Of Ancient Greece
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Author : Jan N. Bremmer
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2010-07-30
Gods Of Ancient Greece written by Jan N. Bremmer and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-30 with Religion categories.
This collection offers a fresh look at the nature and development of the Greek gods in the period from Homer until Late Antiquity The Greek gods are still very much present in modern consciousness. Although Apollo and Dionysos, Artemis and Aphrodite, Zeus and Hermes are household names, it is much less clear what these divinities meant and stood for in ancient Greece. In fact, they have been very much neglected in modern scholarship. Bremmer and Erskine bring together a team of international scholars with the aim of remedying this situation and generating new approaches to the nature and development of the Greek gods in the period from Homer until Late Antiquity. The Gods of Ancient Greece looks at individual gods, but also asks to what extent cult, myth and literary genre determine the nature of a divinity and presents a synchronic and diachronic view of the gods as they functioned in Greek culture until the triumph of Christianity.
New Approaches To Ancient Material Culture In The Greek Roman World
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Author : Catherine Cooper
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-11-16
New Approaches To Ancient Material Culture In The Greek Roman World written by Catherine Cooper and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-16 with History categories.
This book highlights the diversity of current methodologies in Classical Archaeology. It includes papers about archaeology and art history, museum objects and fieldwork data, texts and material culture, archaeological theory and historiography, and technical and literary analysis, across Classical Antiquity.
Contact Circulation Exchange
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Author : Éva David
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2023-09-14
Contact Circulation Exchange written by Éva David and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-14 with Social Science categories.
10 articles focus on worked hard materials of animal origin (shell, tusk, bone, antler) ranging chronologically from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages. The authors have varied academic backgrounds that enhance the archaeological analyses carried out, often at first hand, on numerous collections from the Old and New Worlds.
The World Of Greek Religion And Mythology
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Author : Jan N. Bremmer
language : en
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Release Date : 2020-01-07
The World Of Greek Religion And Mythology written by Jan N. Bremmer and has been published by Mohr Siebeck this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-07 with Religion categories.
In this wide-ranging work on Greek religion and mythology, Jan N. Bremmer brings together his stimulating and innovative articles, which have all been updated and revised where necessary. In three thematic sections, he analyses central aspects of Greek religion, beginning with the gods and heroes and paying special attention to the unity of the divine nature and the emergence of the category 'hero'. The second section begins with a discussion of the nature of polis religion, continues with various facets, such as seers, secrecy and the soul, and concludes with the influence of the Ancient Near East. The third section studies human sacrifice and offers the most recent analysis of the ideal animal sacrifice, combining literature, epigraphy, iconography, and zooarchaeology. Regarding human sacrifice, it concentrates on the famous cases of Iphigeneia and the werewolves of Mount Lykaion. The fourth and final section investigates key elements of Greek mythology, such as the definition of myth and its relationship to ritual, and ends with a brief history of the study of Greek mythology. The multi-disciplinary approach and rich footnotes make this work a must for anybody interested in Greek religion and mythology.
The Oxford Handbook Of Greek And Roman Art And Architecture
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Author : Clemente Marconi
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
Release Date : 2015
The Oxford Handbook Of Greek And Roman Art And Architecture written by Clemente Marconi and has been published by Oxford Handbooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Architecture categories.
This handbook explores key aspects of art and architecture in ancient Greece and Rome. Drawing on the perspectives of scholars of various generations, nationalities, and backgrounds, it discusses Greek and Roman ideas about art and architecture, as expressed in both texts and images, along with the production of art and architecture in the Greek and Roman world.
Children In The Hellenistic World
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Author : Olympia Bobou
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2015
Children In The Hellenistic World written by Olympia Bobou and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Art categories.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2006 issed under the title: Statues of children in the Hellenistic period.