Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman Period

Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman Period
Author: Clairève Grandjouan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1961
Genre: History
ISBN:

The volume contains a short introduction, a classification by types, a critical catalogue, a register of the dated contexts, concordances and indexes, and an excursus by T. B. L. Webster on the theatrical figurines. Nearly half of the 1,100 items are illustrated with photographs. The subjects of the (mostly fragmentary) figurines are revealing. To the Greek deities of earlier times are added Oriental figures like Serapis, Isis, Harpokrates, Attis, as well as Egyptian priests and Asiatic dancers. The molded "plastic" lamps that are included in this volume were probably made in the same workshops as the figurines.

Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman Period

Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman Period
Author: Clairève Grandjouan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1961
Genre: History
ISBN:

The volume contains a short introduction, a classification by types, a critical catalogue, a register of the dated contexts, concordances and indexes, and an excursus by T. B. L. Webster on the theatrical figurines. Nearly half of the 1,100 items are illustrated with photographs. The subjects of the (mostly fragmentary) figurines are revealing. To the Greek deities of earlier times are added Oriental figures like Serapis, Isis, Harpokrates, Attis, as well as Egyptian priests and Asiatic dancers. The molded "plastic" lamps that are included in this volume were probably made in the same workshops as the figurines.

The Athenian Agora

The Athenian Agora
Author: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1961
Genre: Agora (Athens, Greece)
ISBN:

The Athenian Agora

The Athenian Agora
Author: Clairève Grandjouan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 106
Release: 1961
Genre: Agora (Athens, Greece)
ISBN:

Hellenistic Pottery and Terracottas

Hellenistic Pottery and Terracottas
Author: Homer A. Thompson
Publisher: ASCSA
Total Pages: 564
Release: 1987
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780876619445

The articles collected and reprinted here appeared originally in the pages of Hesperia. "Two Centuries of Hellenistic Pottery," by Homer A. Thompson, presented in 1934 some of the pottery found in the early excavations of the American School in the Athenian Agora. The series titled "Three Centuries of Hellenistic Terracottas," by Dorothy B. Thompson, includes ten articles that were published between 1952 and 1966. The working chronology that the authors established has made these studies basic references for investigations of Attic pottery and terracottas of the Hellenistic period, wherever found. In recognition of subsequent discoveries, the Thompsons' work has now been augmented by a preface with bibliography for each, prepared by Susan I. Rotroff, which comments particularly on the changes in chronology resulting from the continuing excavations in the Agora and elsewhere. In "Afterthoughts" Dorothy Thompson has made new observations concerning certain terracottas.

Terracotta Lamps

Terracotta Lamps
Author: Oscar Broneer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1977
Genre: Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN:

Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas from Egypt

Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas from Egypt
Author: László Török
Publisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1995
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9788870629095

English summary: The catalogue of all the Egyptian terracotta objects of the Hellenistic and Roman periods in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. The presentation of the individual pieces includes a full discussion of their relative chronology and their iconography. Since the material is mostly of unknown provenance, it has been possible to propose a dating almost exclusively on the basis of careful stylistic analysis. Italian description: La catalogazione di tutti gli oggetti in terracotta egiziani di epoca ellenistica e romana conservati nel Museum of Fine Arts di Budapest. La presentazione dei singoli pezzi comprende unampia discussione sulla loro cronologia relativa e sulla loro iconografia. Trattandosi infatti per la maggior parte di materiale di cui non si conosce la provenienza, e stato possibile proporre una datazione quasi esclusivamente sulla base di unaccurata analisi stilistica.

Roman Slavery and Roman Material Culture

Roman Slavery and Roman Material Culture
Author: Michele George
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442644575

"Replete now with its own scholarly traditions and controversies, Roman slavery as a field of study is no longer limited to the economic sphere, but is recognized as a fundamental social institution with multiple implications for Roman society and culture. The essays in this collection explore how material culture - namely, art, architecture, and inscriptions - can illustrate Roman attitudes towards the institution of slavery and towards slaves themselves in ways that significantly augment conventional textual accounts. Providing the first interdisciplinary approach to the study of Roman slavery, the volume brings together diverse specialists in history, art history, and archaeology. The contributors engage with questions concerning the slave trade, manumission, slave education, containment and movement, and the use of slaves in the Roman army."--Publisher's website.