Archaic Greek Equestrian Sculpture

Author : Mary Ann Eaverly
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : 0472103512

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Archaic Greek Equestrian Sculpture by Mary Ann Eaverly Pdf

This welcome volume examines the use and meaning of equestrian statues in Archaic Greece, relying not only on a full catalog of the sculptures but also on the rich comparative material in the literary and archaeological remains. Previous works have either crowded this important material into a large study of all equestrian statues everywhere or else have examined only those few that belong to the Athenian Acropolis. It has therefore been difficult to characterize the style and distribution of this sculpture, let alone examine them within their cultural milieu. Mary Ann Eaverly carries out precisely these important tasks. The first half of the volume identifies the unique characteristics of equestrian statues as a type apart from other Archaic sculpture. The author places the sculptures within their historical and cultural context and considers critical factors such as cultic activity, aristocratic symbolism, and the influence of Peisistratos. The second half of the volume is a catalog that discusses all the extant pieces individually. Archaic Greek Equestrian Sculpture will be of interest to students and scholars of Greek sculpture, the Greek artistic heritage, and the complex history of Archaic Greece.

Author : Peter Schertz,Nicole Stribling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art, Greek
ISBN : 099689053X

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The Horse in Ancient Greek Art by Peter Schertz,Nicole Stribling Pdf

Horses were revered in ancient Greece as symbols of wealth, power, and status. On stunning black- and red-figure vases, in sculpture, and in other media, Greek artists depicted the daily care of horses, chariot and horseback races, scenes of combat, and mythological horse-hybrids such as satyrs and the winged Pegasus. This richly illustrated and handsomely designed volume includes over 80 objects showing scenes of ancient equestrian life. Essays by notable scholars of ancient Greek art and archaeology explore the indelible presence and significance horses occupied in numerous facets of ancient Greek culture, including myth, war, sport, and competition, shedding new light on horsemanship from the 8th through the 4th century BCE.

Author : Séan A. Hemingway,Seán Hemingway
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520233089

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The Horse and Jockey from Artemision by Séan A. Hemingway,Seán Hemingway Pdf

In 1928, and again in 1937, parts of a large-scale bronze horse and nearly complete jockey were recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision in Greece, where they had gone down in a shipwreck. These original Hellenistic sculptures, known together as the "Horse and Jockey Group from Artemision," are among the very few surviving bronze sculptures from antiquity. Seán Hemingway has been allowed by the National Museum in Athens to investigate the horse and jockey statuary group as no one ever has before, and in this book, combining archaeological and art historical methods of investigation, he provides the first in-depth study of this rare and beautiful monument. New technical analyses of the statues by Helen Andreopoulou-Mangou form an appendix to the volume. Hemingway begins with an introduction to Hellenistic bronze statuary and what we know about this extraordinary class of ancient sculpture. He then recounts with riveting detail the discovery and painstaking restoration of the statue group, describing the technique of its creation and carefully reviewing scholarly knowledge and speculation about it. He also provides a valuable compendium of what is known about ancient Greek horse racing, the most prestigious and splendid of all Greek sports. After a full consideration of all the available evidence, he speculates further about the work’s original meaning and function. His study provides a glimpse of the excellence achieved by Hellenistic bronze sculptors, and it will become the definitive resource on this unique sculpture from ancient Greece.

Author : Sidney David Markman
Publisher : Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Art, Greek
ISBN : 0819602477

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The Horse in Greek Art by Sidney David Markman Pdf

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Horsemanship
ISBN : UOM:39015077739194

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The Art of Horsemanship by Xenophon Pdf

Author : John Pollini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : De Nion Head
ISBN : UOM:39015058793905

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The de Nion Head by John Pollini Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Artemision bronze statues
ISBN : 1597346624

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The Horse and Jockey from Artemision by Anonim Pdf

In 1928, and again in 1937, parts of a large-scale bronze horse and nearly complete jockey were recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision in Greece, where they went down in a shipwreck. These original Hellenistic sculptures, known together as the "Horse and Jockey Group from Artemision," are among the very few surviving bronze sculptures from antiquity.

Author : Catherine M. Keesling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781107162235

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Early Greek Portraiture by Catherine M. Keesling Pdf

This book lends new insight into the origins of civic honorific portraits that emerged at the end of the fifth century BC in ancient Greece.

Author : Joseph W. Day
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521896306

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Archaic Greek Epigram and Dedication by Joseph W. Day Pdf

By the end of the Archaic period, Greek sanctuaries were bursting with dedications, including many that bore epigrams. This study views dedications comprehensively as sites of ritual efficacy, and in particular it recovers epigrams' reflections of and contributions to that efficacy and restores them to an important place in the panorama of Greek religious practice. In order to reconstruct the Archaic experience of reading and viewing, the book draws on studies of traditional poetic language as resonant with immanent meaning, early Greek poetry as socially and religiously effective performance, and viewing art as an active response of aesthetic appreciation. It argues that reading epigrams while viewing dedications generated effects of religious ritual and poetic performance, and that visual and verbal representation of the dedicator's act of offering associated that rite with similar effects, thereby framing the experiences of readers and viewers as reperformances of the earlier occasion.

Author : Robin Osborne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197644447

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The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World by Robin Osborne Pdf

This book introduces the history and archaeology of ancient Athens in the period from 800-500 BCE. Following the standard arrangement of the Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World series, author Robin Osborne deals successively with the sources; environmental setting; material culture (settlement pattern, burial customs, ceramic production); political, legal, and diplomatic history; economy and demography; social and religious customs; and cultural history (including history of sculpture) of archaic Athens. He provides not only a full and up-to-date guide to all these various aspects of Athenian history and archaeology, but also an integrated history which shows how all the different aspects intersect. Osborne guides the reader through an exciting story of the way in which the territory of Attica was re-occupied after the collapse of Bronze Age civilization, how Athens emerged as the dominant settlement, how the claims of family, place, and wealth were played out against one another, and how the Athenians came to place themselves both in relation to the wider Greek world and in relation to the gods. The account is illustrated with abundant maps and halftone images that bring the world of Athens to life. The political and cultural achievements of classical Athens (democracy, tragedy, the Parthenon and its sculpture) rested upon the foundations created in the archaic period, but Osborne shows that archaic Athens did not merely provide foundations for what came later but offered a fascinating history and culture of its own.

Author : Clemente Marconi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-02-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 052185797X

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Temple Decoration and Cultural Identity in the Archaic Greek World by Clemente Marconi Pdf

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Author : Collectif
Publisher : Ausonius Éditions
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9782356132819

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Studies in Greek epigraphy and history in honor of Stefen V. Tracy by Collectif Pdf

This collection of studies in Greek epigraphy honors the work of Stephen V. Tracy. His meticulous research on the hands of Attic letter-cutters has transformed the way we think about Greek inscriptions in Attica and beyond. The twenty-nine scholars who have contributed to this volume offer papers ranging from publication of new inscriptions and studies of others long-known to wide-ranging discussions of historical, religious, and social matters. Chronologically and geographically they cover Greece, the Aegean, and western Asia Minor from the Archaic period to the Roman Empire. What unites the work here offered to Tracy is the centrality of epigraphy to the questions addressed and conviction that careful attention to even the smallest details of the epigraphic evidence can advance our understanding of the Greek past in rich and unexpected ways.

Author : Anna Anguissola
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108418430

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Supports in Roman Marble Sculpture by Anna Anguissola Pdf

The first study of a crucial aspect of Roman stone sculpture, exploring the functions and aesthetics of non-figural supports.

Author : Evangelia Georgitsoyanni
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781527543768

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Ancient Greek Art and European Funerary Art by Evangelia Georgitsoyanni Pdf

This book charts a significant aspect of European heritage: cemeteries. Cemeteries are nowadays considered as formal cultural sites and open-air museums attracting a great number of visitors; while cemetery records, memorial monuments, epitaph inscriptions and symbols provide useful data, attracting the interest of an increasing number of scholars from various disciplines and backgrounds. This collective volume consists of selected papers, presented at the ASCE (Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe) Conference: “Ancient Greek Art and European Funerary Art” organized by the Harokopio University of Athens-Greece on October 5-7 2017, aiming to highlight various cultural aspects of cemeteries. The authors present funerary art and its classical origin, investigate theoretical and historical approaches, plan cultural and educational routes, design technological applications concerning the use of cemeteries as cultural sites, and propose multiple ways for promoting cemetery heritage and public engagement; while the majority of the papers is based on field and archival research and is accompanied by original images. The multicultural character of death heritage is highlighted through the variety of case-studies presented in this volume, introducing different perspectives and interpretations on art, history, heritage and cultural tourism, laying the groundwork for the public discussion on our common heritage as appeared in cemeteries, appealing to both the wider public and the academic community.

Author : Angeliki Kosmopoulou
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 0299176401

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The Iconography of Sculptured Statue Bases in the Archaic and Classical Periods by Angeliki Kosmopoulou Pdf

Angeliki Kosmopoulou demonstrates that relief bases present distinct, consistent iconographic and technical characteristics that differentiate them from related monuments."--BOOK JACKET.