The Late Mannerists in Athenian Vase-painting

The Late Mannerists in Athenian Vase-painting

Author: Thomas Mannack

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780199240890

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The potter and painter Myson founded the Mannerist workshop at the end of the sixth century BC. The Mannerists were his pupils and pupils of his pupils, and specialized in columnkraters, hydriai, and pelikai. The workshop was unusually long-lived and was active through the whole of the fifthcentury and the first decade of the fourth.The style of painting and the choice of some subjects are curiously old-fashioned. A number of pictures show rare themes such as the Death of Prokris, Odysseus and Nausicaa, and Orestes in Delphi. Other paintings give an unusual twist to well-known stories. The Mannerists were influenced bytheatrical productions, extant wall paintings, and the works of other vase-painters.The workshop provides important clues for the chronology of Attic vase-painting, for example drawing reflecting Pheidias' Athena Parthenos, and Aeschylos' plays Sphinx, Eumenides, and Seven against Thebes.


A Cultural History of Hair in Antiquity

A Cultural History of Hair in Antiquity

Author: Mary Harlow

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-12-10

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1350087912

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Hair, or lack of it, is one the most significant identifiers of individuals in any society. In Antiquity, the power of hair to send a series of social messages was no different. This volume covers nearly a thousand years of history, from Archaic Greece to the end of the Roman Empire, concentrating on what is now Europe, North Africa, and the Near East. Among the key issues identified by its authors is the recognition that in any given society male and female hair tend to be opposites (when male hair is generally short, women's is long); that hair is a marker of age and stage of life (children and young people have longer, less confined hairstyles; adult hair is far more controlled); hair can be used to identify the 'other' in terms of race and ethnicity but also those who stand outside social norms such as witches and mad women. The chapters in A Cultural History of Hair in Antiquity cover the following topics: religion and ritualized belief, self and society, fashion and adornment, production and practice, health and hygiene, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, class and social status, and cultural representations.


Land and Ancestors

Land and Ancestors

Author: Frans Theuws

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 852

ISBN-13: 9789053562789

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This volume includes an interdisciplinary research programme involving archaeological, anthropological and historical perspectives on different dimensions of the landscape. Although directed towards a specific region, the intensity of the archaeological fieldwork and the large scale of the excavations allow for interpretations that are important for the Northwest European Plain as a whole. Contributions include the publication of primary data of excavations published for the first time and analysis on a more abstract level. The studies include among others: Urnfield symbolism, ancestors and the land in the Lower Rhine Region (Roymans/Kortlang); Urnfield and settlement traces from the Iron Age at Mierlo-Hout (Tol); The archaeology and history of the curia of the abbey of St. Truiden at Hulsel (Theuws); Gift exchange, eternity and landed property. The foundation and endowment of the Premonstratensian priory at Postel (Bijsterveld).


The Parthenon Enigma

The Parthenon Enigma

Author: Joan Breton Connelly

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 030759338X

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"A revolutionary new understanding of the West's most iconic building and the people who made it"--Jacket.


Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attidisque (CCCA)

Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attidisque (CCCA)

Author: M. J. Vermaseren

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-08-24

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 9004293809

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Preliminary material -- CAMPANIA -- SAMNIUM -- APULIA AND CALABRIA -- LUCANIA AND BRUTTIUM -- ITALIA MERIDIONALIS -- SICILIA -- MARRUCINI, PAELIGNI, SABINI AND PICENUM -- UMBRIA -- ETRURIA -- SARDINIA -- GALLIA CISPADANA -- VENETIA AND HISTRIA -- GALLIA TRANSPADANA -- LIGURIA -- ITALIA -- GENERAL INDEX -- EPIGRAPHICAL INDEX -- NAMES OF PERSONS -- LIST OF CONSULS -- LIST OF EMPERORS AND EMPRESSES -- ADMINISTRATIVE AND MILITARY GRADES AND FUNCTIONS -- RELIGIOUS GRADES AND FUNCTIONS -- CHRONOLOGICAL LIST -- INDEX OF THE CORRESPONDING INSCRIPTIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE PLATES -- PLATES I-CXI FOLDING MAP.


Herod and Augustus

Herod and Augustus

Author: David Jacobson

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2008-09-30

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9047443098

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This volume brings together nineteen studies by foremost experts in the period of Herod and Augustus, and highlights recent progress in elucidating the phenomenon of Herod the Great in the context of the Roman imperial order inaugurated by Augustus. They illuminate Herod’s pre-eminent role in the Augustan client network and his remarkable energies, expressed in an extensive building programme which has left substantial remains. The literary records of Herod’s life and times, primarily by Josephus, are critically examined here in relation to the documentary and archaeological evidence.


Glass of the Roman World

Glass of the Roman World

Author: Justine Bayley

Publisher: Oxbow Books

Published: 2015-07-31

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1782977775

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Glass of the Roman World illustrates the arrival of new cultural systems, mechanisms of trade and an expanded economic base in the early 1st millennium AD which, in combination, allowed the further development of the existing glass industry. Glass became something which encompassed more than simply a novel and highly decorative material. Glass production grew and its consumption increased until it was assimilated into all levels of society, used for display and luxury items but equally for utilitarian containers, windows and even tools. These 18 papers by renowned international scholars include studies of glass from Europe and the Near East. The authors write on a variety of topics where their work is at the forefront of new approaches to the subject. They both extend and consolidate aspects of our understanding of how glass was produced, traded and used throughout the Empire and the wider world drawing on chronology, typology, patterns of distribution, and other methodologies, including the incorporation of new scientific methods. Though focusing on a single material the papers are firmly based in its archaeological context in the wider economy of the Roman world, and consider glass as part of a complex material culture controlled by the expansion and contraction of the Empire. The volume is presented in honor of Jenny Price, a foremost scholar of Roman glass.


Personal Experience and Materiality in Greek Religion

Personal Experience and Materiality in Greek Religion

Author: K.A. Rask

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-04-14

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1000869881

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Employing frameworks of lived religion and materiality, this book provides the first full-length study of personal religious experience in the Greek Archaic and Classical periods. Rask analyzes archeological, epigraphic, and textual evidence to highlight the role of individuals as vital actors and makers of Greek religion. A range of perspectives, such as those of Archaic mariners and Late Classical weaving women, show that religion infused the daily lives of ancient Greeks. Chapters visit the many spaces where people engaged in religious activities, from household kitchens to international emporia, as well as shrines both large and small. The book also interrogates devotional activities such as making votives and engaging in lifelong relationships with divinities, arguing for the emotionally rich character of Greek lived religion. Not only do these considerations demonstrate underexplored ways for reconstructing aspects of Greek religion, but also allow us to rethink familiar subjects such as votive portraits and epiphany from new angles. Personal Experience and Materiality in Greek Religion is of interest to students and scholars working on ancient Greek religion and archeology, as well as anyone interested in daily life and lived experience in the ancient world.