Greek Art and Archaeology

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Discusses developments in the discipline, especially the tendency to specialize by province, artifact, artistic medium, or methodology; and the isolation of Roman archaeology, even the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC), from theoretical approaches in other fields. He calls for synthetic studies and theoretically informed research with both a regional and an empire-wide scope. Oleson, John Peter, ed. 2008. The Oxford handbook of engineering and technology in the classical world. Oxford and New York: Oxford Univ. Press. Plantzos, Dimitris (1999-07-08). Hellenistic Engraved Gems. Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-815037-4. Dimitris Plantzos is co-director (with Dimitris Damaskos) of the Argos Orestikon Excavation Project, [10] and has collaborated with other excavation or R&D projects. He sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Greek Media & Culture, the Athens University Review of Archaeology, Ex Novo Journal of Archaeology, the Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente, and the Journal of Modern Greek Studies. Since 2019 he is joint lead (with Gheorghe Alexandru Niculescu) of the Project The Construction of Knowledge in Archaeology and Art History in Southeastern Europe, hosted by the Centre for Advanced Study, Sofia (Bulgaria) and funded by the Getty Foundation as part of the Connecting Art Histories Initiative. [11] During the 2020-21 COVID-19 pandemic, Plantzos co-hosted a series of Webinars on Ancient Greek Painting organized by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, which was attended globally by thousands of academics, scholars, and ancient-art enthusiasts. [12] Deger-Jalkotzy, S. and Irene S. Lemos (2006). Ancient Greece: From the Mycenaeans Palaces to the Age of Homer. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

A survey arranged by material, including pottery, coins, glass, mosaics, architecture, and sculpture, as well as chapters focused on the periods of early Roman art and late antiquity. Rain uncovers bull idol at ancient Olympia". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2021-03-19 . Retrieved 2021-03-29. urn:lcp:greekartarchaeol0000pedl_z2w6:epub:bfaa9ef2-7099-4c5c-add6-ce095c709c3e Foldoutcount 0 Identifier greekartarchaeol0000pedl_z2w6 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2ht5gcjp0q Invoice 1652 Isbn 0133658007 One of the inscriptions, which are considered “very important” by scholars, describes a pirate named Glafketis who took control of Kythnos in the 4th century BC. A perfectly-preserved shell-shaped vessel demonstrated the high level of artistic achievement in that civilization, in what was perhaps the most endearing find of all, showing that art was made for art’s sake even on the remote island in the days of antiquity.

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Isn't that, after all, what these artisans and designers are doing today? Channelling a culture because of its beguiling mystery, which it will retain until we find a way to decipher its written texts. Until that day, we can continue to dream and to create, which is perhaps no bad thing. As Einstein famously said: "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." According to archaeologists, the cave is likely to be the place of the oldest human construction on earth, as findings indicate that the shelter was inhabited as early as 130,000 years ago. Examines the political uses of Roman art, including coins, medallions, statues, reliefs, cameos, and paintings, from the Republic to Theodosius, and includes imperial commissions in the provinces, such as the cenotaph of Gaius Caesar in Limyra (modern-day Torunlar, Turkey) and the obelisk base of Theodosius in Istanbul, which are often omitted from surveys. Henig, Martin, ed. 1983. A handbook of Roman art: A survey of the visual arts of the Roman world. London: Phaidon. AA, DAILY SABAH WITH (2021-08-17). "Reliefs from 5th century BC found in western Turkey's Daskyleion". Daily Sabah . Retrieved 2021-08-31.

Classicism to Neo-Classicism. Essays dedicated to Gertrud Seidmann (with Martin Henig, Archaeopress (1999). ISBN 1841710091 Dimitris Plantzos | National & Kapodistrian University of Athens - Academia.edu". uoa.academia.edu . Retrieved 2021-02-18. According to the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete, where they're on permanent display, the snake goddesses are "the most important cult objects from the Knossos Temple repositories". They also beg the question: was ancient Crete a matriarchy? Kelly Macquire, in a podcast for Ancient History Encyclopaedia, says: "Women were prominent in Minoan religion, more than any other civilisation, and we know this because of the snake goddess statues that have been found in Minoan contexts, and the prominence of priestesses in Minoan art". Valavanis, Panos, ed. 2007. Great moments in Greek archaeology. Translated by David Hardy. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum.Coffee-table book that presents brief articles with good illustrations of some of the most spectacular discoveries from Greece. For the general reader but useful illustrations and bibliography. Ocr tesseract 5.1.0-1-ge935 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9443 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-1200480 Openlibrary_edition