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Author: Michael J. Bennett
Publisher: Hudson Hills
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780940717718
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis magnificent book presents 82 masterpieces of Greek vase painting and sculpture in terrocotta, stone, and bronze from the eight great museum collections of the South of Italy and Sicily. 170 colour illustrations
Author: Margaret Ellen Mayo
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 334
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Arthur Dale Trendall
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 494
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Arthur Dale Trendall
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780500202258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTrendall (resident fellow, Menzies College, La Trobe U.) explores the styles and characteristics of the vases produced by the Greek colonists in South Italy and Sicily in the later 5th and the 4th centuries BC., vases that shed light on mythology and drama, local customs and the relations between th
Author: Ernst Langlotz
Publisher: London, Thames
Published: 1965
Total Pages: 310
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Saunders
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2022-01-11
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 1606067346
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbundantly illustrated, this essential volume examines depictions of the Underworld in southern Italian vase painting and explores the religious and cultural beliefs behind them. What happens to us when we die? What might the afterlife look like? For the ancient Greeks, the dead lived on, overseen by Hades in the Underworld. We read of famous sinners, such as Sisyphus, forever rolling his rock, and the fierce guard dog Kerberos, who was captured by Herakles. For mere mortals, ritual and religion offered possibilities for ensuring a happy existence in the beyond, and some of the richest evidence for beliefs about death comes from southern Italy, where the local Italic peoples engaged with Greek beliefs. Monumental funerary vases that accompanied the deceased were decorated with consolatory scenes from myth, and around forty preserve elaborate depictions of Hades’s domain. For the first time in over four decades, these compelling vase paintings are brought together in one volume, with detailed commentaries and ample illustrations. The catalogue is accompanied by a series of essays by leading experts in the field, which provides a framework for understanding these intriguing scenes and their contexts. Topics include attitudes toward the afterlife in Greek ritual and myth, inscriptions on leaves of gold that provided guidance for the deceased; funerary practices and religious beliefs in Apulia, and the importance accorded to Orpheus and Dionysos. Drawing from a variety of textual and archaeological sources, this volume is an essential source for anyone interested in religion and belief in the ancient Mediterranean.
Author: Alfonso Vittorio Giardini
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Published: 2021-09-09
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781013464133
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Nino M. Zchomelidse
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780271059730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the creation, function, and change in significance of liturgical furnishings and manuscripts in southern Italy from the tenth to the fourteenth centuries.
Author: David Michael D'Andrea
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781580462396
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA compelling examination of how a religious brotherhood administered charity in its local community and acted as mediator between provincial elites and the early modern state. Civic Christianity in Renaissance Italy explores the often subtle and sometimes harsh realities of life on the Venetian mainland. Focusing on the confraternity of Santa Maria dei Battuti and its Ospedale, the book addressesa number of well-established and newly articulated historiographical questions: the governance of territorial states, the civic and religious role of confraternities, the status of women and marginalized groups, and popular religious devotion. Adapting the objectives and methods of microhistory, D'Andrea has written neither a traditional history of political subjugation nor a straightforward survey of poor relief. Instead, thematic chapters survey the activities of a powerful religious brotherhood [Santa Maria dei Battuti] and document the interconnected local, regional, and international factors that fashioned the social world of Venetian subjects. Grounded in previously unexplored archival material, the book is an innovative study of the nexus between local religion and Venetian territorial power, providing scholars with this first scholarly monograph of the city that served as the keystone of Venice's mainland empire. This original approach to the critical relationship between provincial powers and the central government also contributes to other important areas of historical inquiry, including the history of popular religion, poor relief, medicine, and education. David D'Andrea is Associate Professor of History at Oklahoma State University.
