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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Classical Archaeology"”.
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An Alternate Antiquity: The Etruscans in Renaissance Florence and Rome
The Italian Renaissance has long been characterized as a revival of Roman and Greek arts and learning, but the period's fascination with ancient Etruria is underappreciated. The Etruscan legacy was a source of special pride for Renaissance Tuscans, who sought in the ancient civilization a pristine …
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The Votive Deposits from the Hera Sanctuary at Perachora: From Deposits to Maintenance
<p>This dissertation develops a systematic approach to the archaeological study of deposition using legacy data. As proof of concept, I reassess the major votive deposits from the Heraion of Perachora—contained on the upper and lower terraces—excavated in the early 20thcentury. By investigating the …
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The Gorgoneion in Greek Architecture
… Greek architecture from the Archaic through the Classical and Hellenistic periods. These later phases have been largely ignored as previous research on the gorgoneion has tended to concentrate on examples from the early periods.</p> <p>The study is divided into two parts: a comprehensive …
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Studies in the Hellenistic Sculpture of the Island of Rhodes
<p>The study of Hellenistic sculpture is often based upon its division into local schools centering around Pergamon, Alexandria and Rhodes. The underlying premise of the present study is that if a distinctly Rhodian Hellenistic school of sculpture existed, it should be possible to define its …
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The Early Bronze Age Burial Customs of Karataş-Semayük
<p>From the abstract: "Excavation of the Early Bronze Age cemetery at Karataş-Semayük in the highlands of Lycia has confirmed and amplified knowledge of third millennium burial customs in western Anatolia." Dissertation adviser: Machteld J. Mellink</p>
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Roman Paintings from Panayia Field, Corinth, Greece: A Contextual Study
<p>This dissertation focuses on the unpublished wall paintings from Panayia Field, Corinth, Greece and examines the paintings within their archaeological, architectural, and cultural contexts at Roman Corinth. The paintings from Panayia Field originally decorated two distinct phases of domestic …
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Configurations of the Symbolism of the Bull in Early Late Bronze Age Crete: A Case Study in the Interpretation of Minoan Religion
<p>The importance of the symbolism of the bull in Late Bronze Age Crete is well known. It has been the subject of many valuable studies for more than a hundred years. Only a handful of these studies have treated the search for the meaning of the bull as congruent with the wider issue of the …
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<i>Hoi perì tò hierón</i>: A Study of Sacerdotal Housing at Ancient Greek Sanctuaries
<p>This dissertation investigates the occasional phenomenon of cultic personnel residing at or near ancient Greek sanctuaries. It begins with a review of the textual evidence for the activities of cultic personnel at sanctuaries that may have necessitated their residence on site. At the core of the …
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Early Greek and Homeric Conceptions of Domestic Space
<p>This study explores the relationship between the use of domestic space in the material and literary evidence for early Greece, while at the same time providing a rich data set for the rigorous application of theoretical analysis. In the first half, I reject building typologies and instead …
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The Construction of Corinthian Identity in the Early Iron Age and Archaic Period
<p>This study focuses on the city of Ancient Corinth, an Archaic polis in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, and its purpose is to determine if archaeological remains reflect the processes by which the city’s inhabitants constructed and manipulated notions of community, memory, and identity. …
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Mapping Immigrant Communities through Their Tombstones in Archaic and Classical Athens
… Communities through Their Tombstones in Classical Athens,” seeks to rescue the history of these foreigner residents by studying how they represented themselves on grave markers and how they integrated themselves into the city and its cemeteries. By analyzing the findspots of tombstones of …
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St. Joseph Iconography In Fifteenth Century Florentine Painting
<p>The evolution of the depiction of Joseph is evident in Christian art, and his iconography is widely recognized. The significance of the addition of the donkey saddle and traveler's items to Florentine nativities in the 15th century is understated at best, if not ignored all together. These items …
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Charles Willson Peale'S Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming: An Iconographical Study
<p>The portraiture of Charles Willson Peale has been examined by many scholars since his career in the eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. One neglected aspect of the scholarship is the symbolism and medicinal uses of the natural elements in his portraiture. I explore these elements …
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Magritte and the Muse
<p>René Magritte's body of work demonstrates not only a loyalty to the principles of Belgian Surrealism but also to those of Breton's mainstream Parisian group. His connection to the latter is particularly evident in the artist's paintings of the female nude produced from 1930-1962. Today, these of …
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Canvas politics: Norman Lewis and the art of Abstract Resistance
<p>Norman Lewis (1909-1979) is best remembered, perhaps erroneously, as the first African American Abstract Expressionist. In this dissertation, I argue that he is better suited as a Social Abstractionist and an Abstract Allusionist based on the life he lived, the work he produced, and his …
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A Communications Revolution? The emergence of images and writing in Early Iron Age Greece and Central Italy
In this thesis I consider the (re)emergence of writing and figurative art during the Early Iron Age in Greece and Central Italy. The two main questions I ask are: why do script(s) and figurative representations emerge in the same years over such a broad area? What can the different patterns in the …
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A Lasting Legacy: Hale Woodruff's The Art of the Negro
<p>This thesis examines the life and work of artist Hale Woodruff, with a particular focus on his six-panel mural entitled The Art of the Negro. Unveiled at Atlanta University's Trevor Arnett Library in 1952, The Art of the Negro was the last mural created during Woodruff's career and represents …
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