Aegean Wall Painting: A Tribute to Mark Cameron [Hardback]

Until his premature death in 1984 at the age of 45, Mark Cameron made a unique contribution to the study of Minoan wall painting; his published articles continue to inspire a new generation of Aegean wall painting and have expanded our perception of the Aegean and its relations with the neighboring cultures during the second millennium BC. This volume, dedicated to the memory of Mark Cameron, now brings together leading scholars in a presentation of some of the latest ideas in the field of Aegean painting. Contributors include: M. Bietak, A. Chapin, S. Hood, S. Immerwahr, R. Jones, N. Marinatos, L. Morgan, M. Shaw, C. Palyvou, E. Photos-Jones, I. Tzachili and P. Warren.

Contents: Lists of figures, tables, plates and abbreviations Lyvia Morgan, Preface and acknowledgements Lyvia Morgan, New Discoveries and New Ideas in Aegean Wall Painting Sinclair Hood, Dating the Knossos Frescoes Manfred Bietak, The Setting of the Minoan Wall Paintings at Avaris Maira Shaw, The Painted Pavilion of the 'Caravanserai' at Knossos Iris Tzachili, Anthodokoi talaroi: The Baskets of the Crocus-Gatherers from Xeste 3, Akrotiri, Thera Nanno Marinatos and Lyvia Morgan, The Dog Pursuit Scenes from the Tell el Dab'a and Kea Anne Chapin, The Fresco with Multi-colored Rocks and Olive Branches from the Northwest Slope Plaster Dump at Pylos Re-examined Peter Warren, Flowers for the Goddess? New Fragments of Wall Paintings from Knossos Nanno Marinatos, The Ideals of Manhood in Minoan Crete Lyvia Morgan, The Cult Centre at Mycenae and the Duality of Life and Death Sara Immerwahr, Left or Right? A Study of Hands and Feet Clairy Palyvou, Architecture in Aegean Bronze Age Art. Facades with No Interiors Richard Jones, Technical Studies of Aegean Bronze Age Wall Paintings: Methods, Results, and Future Prospects Effie Photos-Jones, Appendix: The Examination of Some Minoan Fresco Fragments with the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Bibliography Index