Author: Bonnie Marie-Kathryn KingsleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Tarantine Terracotta Moulds and Reliefs in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Bonnie Marie-Kathryn KingsleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Ancient Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Maria Lucia FerruzzaPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606064851
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
In the ancient world, terracotta sculpture was ubiquitous. Readily available and economical—unlike stone suitable for carving—clay allowed artisans to craft figures of remarkable variety and expressiveness. Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily attest to the prolific coroplastic workshops that supplied sacred and decorative images for sanctuaries, settlements, and cemeteries. Sixty terracottas are investigated here by noted scholar Maria Lucia Ferruzza, comprising a selection of significant types from the Getty’s larger collection—life-size sculptures, statuettes, heads and busts, altars, and decorative appliqués. In addition to the comprehensive catalogue entries, the publication includes a guide to the full collection of over one thousand other figurines and molds from the region by Getty curator of antiquities Claire L. Lyons. Reflecting the Getty's commitment to open content, Ancient Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily in the J. Paul Getty Museum is available online at www.getty.edu/publications/terracottas and may be downloaded for free.
Heroic Offerings
Author: Gina SalapataPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047202986X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Heroic Offerings sheds light on the study of religion in Sparta, one of Greece’s most powerful city-states and the long-term rival of Athens. Sparta’s history is well known, but its archaeology has been much less satisfactorily explored. Through the comprehensive study of a distinctive class of terracotta votive offerings from a specific sanctuary, Gina Salapata explores both coroplastic art and regional religion. By integrating archaeological, historical, literary, and epigraphic sources, she provides important insights into the heroic cults of Lakonia and contributes to an understanding of the political and social functions of local ritual practice. This volume focuses on a large group of decorated terracotta plaques, from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE. These molded plaques were discovered with other offerings in a sanctuary deposit excavated near Sparta more than fifty years ago, but they have remained unpublished until now. They number over 1,500 complete and fragmentary pieces. In technique, style, and iconography they form a homogeneous group unlike any other from mainland Greece. The large number of plaques and variety of types reveal a stable and vigorous coroplastic tradition in Lakonia during the late Archaic and Classical period. Heroic Offerings will be of interest to students and scholars of Greek history, art, and archaeology, to those interested in ancient religious practice in the Mediterranean, and to all inspired by Athens’ chief political rival, Sparta. This volume received financial support from the Archaeological Institute of America.
The Terracottas of the Tarantine Greeks
Author: Bonnie M. KingsleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Figurines
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Late Etruscan Votive Heads from Tessennano
Author: Martin SöderlindPublisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER
ISBN: 9788882651862
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Mouldmade terracotta heads of men, women and children were being produced in Italy from the fourth century BC. This book not only discusses the production, chronology, distribution, style and chemical composition of these heads, but also includes a large catalogue of examples from Tessennanno near Vulci in southern Etruria. Taking examples dating from c.300BC to 100BC, S�derlind argues that the heads were being mass-produced, most probably at Tuscania and not in Tessennano itself, and that through time a degeneration in quality can be seen due to the re-use of old archetypes and worn-out moulds and a lack of new investment in production.
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Babesch
Author: Vereeniging Antieke Beschaving (Netherlands)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Author: