Author: Alexander Palma di CesnolaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Salaminia (Cyprus)
Author: Alexander Palma di CesnolaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Salaminia (Cyprus): The History, Treasures,& Antiquities of Salamis in the Island of Cyprus (Classic Reprint)
Author: Alexander Palma Di CesnolaPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330862889
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Excerpt from Salaminia (Cyprus): The History, Treasures,& Antiquities of Salamis in the Island of Cyprus The antiquities discovered lately in the Island of Cyprus, consisting of several different periods of its civilisation, have certainly cast a new and important light on the history of art, for they form a connecting link between the Greek and Ph nician, or Aryan and Semitic civilisation. That Cyprus received colonists from the three continents of the old world is undoubted. Evidence of the Ph nician and Greek colonists is proved by the remains of these nationalities found on the coast and elsewhere, while the conquest of the island by Egypt and Assyria has been recorded in the annals of those countries, and their arts have left the stamp of their impression on the sculpture of Cyprus. At the time of the eighteenth Egyptian dynasty, fifteen or sixteen centuries before Christ, Cyprus was known to the Egyptians, and had evidently been colonised and inhabited. The Greeks anterior to the time of Homer had peopled portions of the island, and the coast was held by their settlements, the establishment of which has been attributed to the period of the Nostoi, or return of the Greeks from the Trojan War, and cannot be referred to a later date than nine centuries before Christ. These settlers had evidently brought with them the Cypriote alphabet, invented before that known as the Greek, examples of which cannot be identified earlier than six centuries before the Christian era. Contemporaneously, or later, the Ph nicians had migrated to Cyprus, and mingled with the Hellenic population. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas
Author: Giorgos PapantoniouPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004384839
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Edited by G. Papantoniou, D. Michaelides and M. Dikomitou-Eliadou, Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas is a collection of 29 chapters with an introduction presenting diverse and innovative approaches (archaeological, stylistic, iconographic, functional, contextual, digital, and physicochemical) in the study of ancient terracottas across the Mediterranean and the Near East, from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. The 34 authors advocate collectively the significance of a holistic approach to the study of coroplastic art, which considers terracottas not simply as works of art but, most importantly, as integral components of ancient material culture. The volume will prove to be an invaluable companion to all those interested in ancient terracottas and their associated iconography and technology, as well as in ancient artefacts and classical archaeology in general.
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of Cyprus
Author: Farid MirbagheriPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810862980
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
From ancient times to the present, the history of Cyprus is provided in this useful reference, which includes hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on its historical, political, social, cultural, and economic history.
A History of the Crusades, Volume IV
Author: Kenneth Meyer SettonPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299068240
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
This work contains information and analysis of the history, politics, economics, and culture of the medieval world. The six volumes stand as a history of the Crusades, spanning five centuries, encompassing Jewish, Muslim, and Christian perspectives.
Cyprus in the 19th Century AD
Author: Veronica Tatton-BrownPublisher: Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The 22nd British Museum Classical Colloquium, held in December 1998, was dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Olivier Masson. Throughout his long career his over-riding enthusiasm was in the study of the archaeological heritage of Cyprus, in particular through the collection of the British Museum. Contributors, from Europe and America, write about the major sites, the convictions and motives of those who investigated them, the political background, the movement of antiquities to major European museums and the ensuing rivalry between these institutions. The discussions show that we can, and indeed must, learn from the triumphs and the mistakes of the 19th century with regard to how we study, exploit and preserve a country's archaeological heritage. The book is a major contribution to the historiography of Cypriot studies.
Salaminia (Cyprus).
Author: Alessandro Palma di CensolaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
A Study of the Circulation of Ceramics in Cyprus from the 3rd Century BC to the 3rd Century AD
Author: John LundPublisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
ISBN: 8771244514
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
This is the first monograph devoted solely to the ceramics of Cyprus in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. The island was by then no longer divided into kingdoms but unified politically, first under Ptolemaic Egypt and later as a province in the Roman Empire. Submission to foreign rule was previously thought to have diluted - if not obliterated - the time-honoured distinctive Cypriot character. The ceramic evidence suggests otherwise. The distribution of local and imported pottery in Cyprus points to the existence of several regional exchange networks, a division that also seems reflected by other evidence. The similarities in material culture, exchange patterns and preferential practices are suggestive of a certain level of regional collective self-awareness. From the 1st century BC onwards, Cyprus became increasingly engulfed by mass produced and standardized ceramic fine wares, which seem ultimately to have put many of the indigenous makers of similar products out of business - or forced them to modify their output. Also, the ceramic record gradually became less diverse during the Roman Period than before - developments which we today might be inclined to view as symptoms of an early form of globalisation.
Salaminia, Cyprus
Author: Palma di Casnola, AlexanderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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