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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Classical Archaeology and Art History"”.
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Stamped Greek amphora handles in Israel
… sites in Israel at which stamped Greek amphora handles have been found and an index of the Greek names used in the stamps. The index is intended to be a guide only, to point out the publications which should be examined for more detailed information. The thesis illustrates the use of the data …
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The symbolism of the eye in Mesopotamia and Israel
… explores eye symbolism within the context of the art forms of the Ancient Near East, including pottery, sculpture, idols of amulets, seals, cuneiform texts and the literature of the Old Testament. The central concern in this study is to bring together under one cover the iconography of the eye and …
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Judean pithoi of Iron Age Eretz Israel
The excavation and analysis of pottery is an important element in the archaeology of Eretz Israel and in the development of assemblages which are representative of selected strata. The developments in ceramic research over the last century and a half have revealed that there are common …
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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
… 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 characteristics by means of a study of the extant sculpture of known Rhodian …
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The Early Bronze Age Burial Customs of Karataş-Semayük
… 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
… 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 architecture, dating to the early first century C.E. …
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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
… 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 interpretation of Minoan religion in general, and almost all of them date in the first half of the twentieth century. The result is …
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<i>Hoi perì tò hierón</i>: A Study of Sacerdotal Housing at Ancient Greek Sanctuaries
… selected sites include the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis, the Amphiaraion at Oropos, the sanctuary of Asklepios and Apollo Maleatas at Epidauros, the oracle of Zeus, the Athenian acropolis, the sanctuaries at Delphi, the Altis at Olympia, the sanctuary of Aphaia at Aigina, and the …
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Early Greek and Homeric Conceptions of Domestic Space
… 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 subject the architectural remains of various …
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The Construction of Corinthian Identity in the Early Iron Age and Archaic Period
… 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. The Early Iron Age and Archaic period are the focus of this study …
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An Alternate Antiquity: The Etruscans in Renaissance Florence and Rome
… 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 ancestry which rivaled …
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The Votive Deposits from the Hera Sanctuary at Perachora: From Deposits to Maintenance
… the Heraion of Perachora—contained on the upper and lower terraces—excavated in the early 20thcentury. By investigating the stratigraphy in the areas associated with these deposits, I elucidate a more comprehensive understanding of Perachora’s depositional history. I show that the activities …
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The Late Bronze Age temple in Palestine
… they have principally been all inclusive works, and have not dealt with any specific time period. In the present study, a number of factors have been considered. The ground-plans of the various temples, as well as their locations within the city plan, have been investigated both chronologically …
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St. Joseph Iconography In Fifteenth Century Florentine Painting
… 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 appear during the …
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Charles Willson Peale'S Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming: An Iconographical Study
… 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 and the impact they have in the portrait of Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely …
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Magritte and the Muse
… 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 Magritte's pieces beg feminist analysis. The artist's crude, rather misogynistic treatment of the female body works on two levels. It is …
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