Ergasteria: Premises and Processes of Creation in Antiquity
Journal: Archaeopress Archaeology eBooks
Year: 2025

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em &gt;Ergasteria &lt;/em&gt;offers insights into aspects of creation, manufacture and processing in antiquity, viewing craftsmen and artists in their socio-cultural and geopolitical setting. New finds from Greece, North Africa, the Black Sea, Italy and Central Europe provide a trigger for discussion. Bronze foundries for life-size statues were the birthplace of proportions and harmony which imbued the perception of beauty, but could also be a source of nuisance. The mastery of mode