The Palaikastro Kouros
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The Palaikastro Kouros
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Author : J. A. MacGillivray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Palaikastro Kouros written by J. A. MacGillivray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Art categories.
The Palaikastro Kouros
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Author : L. H. Sackett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The Palaikastro Kouros written by L. H. Sackett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Palaikastro Site (Greece) categories.
Images Of Woman And Child From The Bronze Age
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Author : Stephanie Lynn Budin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-11
Images Of Woman And Child From The Bronze Age written by Stephanie Lynn Budin 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 2011-04-11 with Art categories.
"This book is a study of the woman-and-child motif as it appeared in the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean, focusing on Egypt, the Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Iran, Cyprus, and the Aegean. Rather than being a universal symbol of maternity, or a depiction of a mother goddess, the woman-and-child motif, called by the technical name kourotrophos, was relatively rare in comparison with other images of women in antiquity, and served a number of different symbolic functions, ranging from honoring the king of Egypt to giving extra oomph to magical spells"--Provided by publisher.
Power And Architecture
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Author : Joachim Bretschneider
language : en
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Release Date : 2007
Power And Architecture written by Joachim Bretschneider and has been published by Peeters Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Architecture categories.
The idea that societies and rulers express their power through monumental architecture is not a new one, but this collection of essays, the result of a 2002 conference in Leuven, takes the arguement back to the very beginnings of monumental architecture in the Bronze Age Near East and Aegean, to ask if this process can be linked to a particular ...
The Ancient Greeks
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Author : Stephanie Lynn Budin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2009
The Ancient Greeks written by Stephanie Lynn Budin and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
Ancient Greeks chronicles the rise, decline, resurgence, and ultimate collapse of the Greek empire from its earliest stirrings in the Bronze Age, through the Dark Ages and Classical period, to the death of Cleopatra and the conquests by Macedon and Rome.
The Minoan Epiphany A Bronze Age Visionary Culture
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Author : Bruce Rimell
language : en
Publisher: Xibalba Books
Release Date : 2021-01-02
The Minoan Epiphany A Bronze Age Visionary Culture written by Bruce Rimell and has been published by Xibalba Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-02 with Social Science categories.
The art and iconography of the Minoan civilisation of Bronze Age Crete is rightly described as having a refreshing vitality with a fortunate combination of stylisation and spontaneity in which the artist is able to transform conventional imagery into a personal expression. The dynamism, torsion and naturalism evident in Minoan art stands in stark contrast to the hieratic rigidity of other ancient civilisations, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the iconography of the Minoan Epiphany, a set of mainly glyptic (rings, seals, and seal impression) images which appear to depict religious celebrants experiencing direct and seemingly ecstatic encounters with deities. This collection of essays explores this central aspect of Minoan religion, taking a strongly archaeological focus to allow the artefacts to speak for themselves, and moving from traditional ‘representational’ interpretations into ‘embodied’ perspectives in which the ecstatic capabilities of the human body throw new light on Aegean Bronze Age ritual practices. Such ideas challenge rather passive assumptions modern Western observers hold about the nature of religious feelings and experiences, in particular the depictions of altered states of consciousness in ancient art, and the visionary potential of dance gestures. Speculative asides on the potential for a Minoan origin for Classical Greek humanism, and hints in the imagery on ancient Cretan conceptions of the cosmos, are set against sound archaeological theories to explain this lively and dynamic corpus of images. Beautifully illustrated with images and sketches of the relevant artefacts, this wide-ranging volume will stimulate audiences with archaeological, prehistorical and spiritual interests, as well as historians of religion and art. ‘The Minoan Epiphany’ also represents an influential antecendent to the Visionary Humanist philosophy which forms the majority of Bruce’s current independent research interests.
The Ancient Greeks
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Author : Stephanie L. Budin
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2004-11-23
The Ancient Greeks written by Stephanie L. Budin and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-23 with History categories.
The ancient Greeks established the very blueprint of Western civilization—our societies, institutions, art, and culture—and thanks to remarkable new findings, we know more about them than ever, and it's all here in this up-to-date introductory volume. Ancient Greece chronicles the rise, decline, resurgence, and ultimate collapse of the Greek empire from its earliest stirrings in the Bronze Age, through the Dark Ages and Classical period, to the death of Cleopatra and the conquests by Macedon and Rome (roughly 3000 B.C.E. to 30 B.C.E.). Drawing on the latest interpretations of artifacts, texts, and other evidence, this handbook takes both newcomers and long-time Hellenophiles inside the process of discovery, revealing not only what we know about ancient Greece but how we know it and how these cultures continue to influence us. There is no more authoritative or accessible introduction to the culture that gave us the Acropolis, Iliad and Odyssey, Herodotus and Thucydides, Sophocles and Aeschylus, Plato and Aristotle, and so much more.
Archaeologies Of Memory
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Author : Ruth M. Van Dyke
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15
Archaeologies Of Memory written by Ruth M. Van Dyke and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with Social Science categories.
A unique collection of newly written essays by archaeologistsworking in a variety of contexts and geographical areas,Archaeologies of Memory is a groundbreaking text thatpresents a coherent framework for the study of memory in pastsocieties. Serves as an accessible introduction to central issues in thestudy of memory, including authority and identity, and the rolememory plays in their creation and transformation. Presents a collection of newly commissioned essays that providea coherent framework for the study of memory in pastsocieties. Brings together essays from both anthropological and classicalarchaeologists. Includes contributions drawn from a variety of cultures andtime periods, including New Kingdom Egypt and the prehistoricAmerican Southwest.
Restraint S Rewards Limited Sovereignties Ancient Values And The Preamble For A European Constitution
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Author : McCormick, Peter
language : en
Publisher: Palacky University Olomouc
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Restraint S Rewards Limited Sovereignties Ancient Values And The Preamble For A European Constitution written by McCormick, Peter and has been published by Palacky University Olomouc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Social Science categories.
Any EU constitution tomorrow will need to embody basic European ethical values. Yet the identity of such values and their sources remain strongly controversial. Peter McCormick retrieves from cultural origins of some major European values a basic ethical value of a measured and critically reasoned restraint in all things. At the same time he argues that this originary ethical value entails a renewed understanding of political, social, and individual sovereignties no longer as almost absolute but as necessarily limited. The rewards for polities of fully assuming such a basic ethical value turn out to include the ineluctable necessity for the rule of law, the constitutionalisation of social pluralisms, and the entrenchment of personal dignity.
The Sacred History Of Euhemerus Of Messene
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Author : Marek Winiarczyk
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2013-04-30
The Sacred History Of Euhemerus Of Messene written by Marek Winiarczyk and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
In his utopian novel Hiera Anagraphe (Sacred History) Euhemerus of Messene (ca. 300 B.C.) describes his travel to the island Panchaia in the Indian Ocean where he discovered an inscribed stele in the temple of Zeus Triphylius. It turned out that the Olympian gods (Uranos, Kronos, Zeus) were deified kings. The travels of Zeus allowed to describe peoples and places all over the world. Winiarczyk investigates the sources of the theological views of Euhemerus. He proves that Euhemerus’ religious views were rooted in old Greek tradition (the worship of heroes, gods as founders of their own cult, tombs of gods, euergetism, rationalistic interpretation of myths, the explanations of the origin of religion by the sophists, the ruler cult). The description of the Panchaian society is intended to suggest an archaic and closed culture, in which the stele recording res gestae of the deified kings might have been preserved. The translation of Ennius’ Euhemerus sive Sacra historia (ca. 200 - ca. 194) is a free prose rendering, which Lactantius knew only indirectly. The book is concluded by a short history of Euhemerism in the pagan, Christian and Jewish literature.