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Greek and Roman Art and Architecture
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Terra Marique: Studies in honor of Anna Marguerite McCann on the receipt of the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America
edited by John Pollini
In 1998 Anna Marguerite McCann received the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America for her distinguished archaeological achievements. This volume includes the papers presented at a special colloquium held in her honour, along with essays of other colleagues and friends. The volume is divided into two thematic parts: the first reflects Anna McCann's general interests in ancient art and archaeology, especially Greek and Roman ...
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Sailing to Classical Greece: Papers on Greek Art, Archaeology and Epigraphy presented to Petros Themelis
edited by Olga Palagia and Hans Rupprecht Goette
This volume of 15 papers is a tribute to Petros Themelis for his significant contribution to Greek archaeology and especially to the excavation, study and conservation of the ancient site of Messene in the Peloponnese. An international cast of scholars has contributed essays on a wide range of subjects (Greek sculpture, epigraphy and architecture), which reflect the interests of the honorand. New, previously unpublished material from Messenia, ...
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Original und Kopie: Formen und Konzepte der Nachahmung in der antiken Kunst
edited by Klaus Junker and Adrian Stähli
The contributions to this volume examine the phenomenon of copying in antiquity within a context that spans all periods and types of monuments. The methodology of differentiating between original and copy, as it was devised for research on Greek sculpture, is applied here to architecture, painting and epigraphy. Thus, the fifteen essays attempt to break with the traditional concept of differentiating between a (Greek) culture of originals and a ...
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Klassische Bauforschung
by Gottfried Gruben
Gottfried Gruben considered himself a historian who, through the methods of architectural history, treated the monument itself as a source, paying special attention to questions of religion and art, which are defining factors of Greek temples. Apart from thorough and detailed research and interdisciplinary discussion, Gruben always considered the communication of finds to the general public of paramount importance. This collection of shorter ...
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Kleopatra und die Caesaren
by Bernard Andreae
No other woman in history has fired up the imagination like Cleopatra: powerful ruler, seductive mistress, and mother of royal children. She captivated Caesar and Mark Anthony, the two most powerful Romans of their time, and took her own life because of the third, Augustus. In this volume, Bernard Andreae argues that the famous antique statue of the Esquiline
Venus portrays none other than Cleopatra VII herself and is an exact copy of the ...
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Body Language in the Greek and Roman Worlds
edited by D L Cairns
A distinguished international cast of scholars discusses models of gesture and non-verbal communication as they apply to Greek and Roman culture, literature and art. Topics include dress and costume in the Homeric poems; the importance of looking, eye-contact, and face-to-face orientation in Greek society; the construction of facial expression in Greek and Roman epic; the significance of gesture and body language in the visual meaning of ancient ...
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Catalogue of the Townley Archive at the British Museum
by Susan J Hill
Charles Townley's (1737-1805) love for classical antiquities began during his Grand Tour of Italy in 1767 and the items that he purchased were the start of a much larger collection that he amassed. After his death, the Townley collection of antiquities, as well as Townley's diaries, accounts, letters and correspondence with friends and family, agents and other collectors, reverted to the British Museum. This is a catalogue of all records relating ...
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The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Terracotta Figurines of the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods (Corinth XVIII,iv)
by Gloria Merker
About 24,000 figurines and fragments have been found on Acrocorinth, and this study greatly increases our understanding of the way in which this artform developed over the centuries. The figures depicted also reveal new evidence about the deities and heroes recognized at the sanctuary, the age and gender of the participants in the rituls, the offerings they brought, and the nature of their cultic activities.200p (American School of Classical ...
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Histories of Peirene: A Corinthian Fountain in Three Millennia
by Betsey A. Robinson
The Peirene Fountain as described by its first excavator, Rufus B. Richardson, is the most famous fountain of Greece. Here is a retrospective of a wellspring of Western civilization, distinguished by its long history, service to a great ancient city, and early identification as the site where Pegasus landed and was tamed by the hero Bellerophon. Spanning three millennia and touching a fourth, Peirene developed from a nameless spring to a renowned ...
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Bunte Götter: Die Farbigkeit antiker Skulptur
edited by Vinzenz Brinkmann and Andreas Scholl
English summary: For 30 years, a research team led by archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann has been seeking the answer to a question of great importance in understanding ancient Greek and Roman art: How should we imagine an ancient marble statue in its original, colorful appearance? Using photographic techniques and scientific methods of analysis, numerous individual pieces of information on the phenomenon of polychrome statues was collected. ...
Paperback. Price US$59.00
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