Hellenistic and Roman terracottas
By: edited by Giorgos Papantoniou, Demetrios Michaelides, Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou
Contributors: Michaēlidēs, Dēmētrēs, editor
Series: Monumenta Graeca et Romana -- volume 23; Monumenta Graeca et Romana -- v. 23.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9789004384699
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Terra-cotta sculpture, Hellenistic; Terra-cotta sculpture, Roman
Description: 'Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas' is a collection of 29 chapters with an introduction presenting diverse and innovative approaches (archaeological, stylistic, iconographic, functional, contextual, digital, and physicochemical) in the study of ancient terracottas across the Mediterranean and the Near East, from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. The 34 authors advocate collectively the significance of a holistic approach to the study of coroplastic art, which considers terracottas not simply as works of art but, most importantly, as integral components of ancient material culture. The volume will prove to be an invaluable companion to all those interested in ancient terracottas and their associated iconography and technology, as well as in ancient artefacts and classical archaeology in general.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: Cyprus. Terracottas in a domestic context: the case of the house of Orpheus in Nea Paphos, Cyprus / Giorgios Papantoniou, Demetrios Michaelides and Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou; title: Hellenistic terracottas and limestone sculptures in Cypriot sanctuaries: on the search for types and votive habits / Gabriele Koiner and Nicole Reitinger / The terracottas from the Kitian sanctuary of Artemis Paralia: a snapshot / Pauline Maillard; title: Terracotta figurines of Hellenistic Arsinoe and environs / Eustathios Raptou; title: Hellenistic terracottas: the evidence from Ancient Arsinoe / Nancy Serwint; title: About Aphrodite and Eros at Amathous: terracotta and sculpture / Isabelle Tassignon; title: Underneath the veil: terracotta figurines from the Amathous Eastern Necropolis / Elisavet Stefani; title: Contemplating issues of historical continuity: the case of the figurines from Erimi-Bamboula, Cyprus / Polina Christofi; title: Hellenistic and Roman terracottas in the Cypriot collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: contexts, iconography, meaning and Mediterranean connections / Anja Ulbrich.; title: Part 2: Greece and Asia Minor. Theriomorphic figures in Hellenistic and Roman Arcadia: nostalgia and ritual / Erin Walcek Averett; title: Production of terracotta figurines in the Hellenistic period at the ancient city of Pherai, Thessaly / Argyroula Doulgeri-Intzesiloglou and Polyxeni Arachoviti; title: Some new insights into the materials used for the decoration of Hellenistic terracotta figurines in the Pherai workshops, Greece / Eleni Asderaki-Tzoumerkioti, Manos Dionyssiou, Argyroula Doulgeri-Intzesiloglou and Polyxeni Arachoviti; title: A group of terracotta ex-voto figurines from Amarynthos, Euboea: a case study in sanctuary deposition practices / Constantina Benissi; title: Greek terracotta dolls: between the domestic and the religious sphere / Frauke Gutschke; title: Terracotta veiled women: a symbol of transition from Nymphe to Gyne / Nathalie Martin; title: The soft youth in Boeotian coroplasty / Angele Rosenberg-Dimitracopoulou; title: "Visiting gods" revisited. Aphrodite visiting Artemis, or Bride? / Arthur Muller; title: Aphrodite, coming of age and marriage: contextualisation and reconsideration of the nude young women kneeling in a shell / Stéphanie Huysecom-Haxhi; title: Terracottas from Pergamon's residential area: comments regarding chronology and relations to other sites / Sven Kielau.; title: Part 3: Italy. Production and consumption of terracottas: a case study at Metapontion in Southern Italy / Rebecca Miller Ammerman; title: Coroplastics from the house of Marcus Fabius Rufus in Pompeii: archaeological artefacts from a sacred place / Alessandro Russo; title: Clay togati (men wearing a tunic and holding a scroll) from harbour and river towns: some hypotheses regarding their occurrence and meaning / Elena Martelli.; title: Part 4: North Africa. Sacred and funeral terracotta figurines in Africa Proconsularis, Numidia and Mauretania Caesariensis between the first and third centuries CE / Solenn de Larminat; title: Female figurines in Roman Karanis: an agentive approach / Lara Weiss.; title: Part 5: The Levant and Mesopotamia. From Alexandria to Tyros: the Egyptian character of the Hellenistic figurines from Kharayeb / Marianna Castiglione; title: Toward a Levantine Koine: ties between Hellenistic terracottas from Coele Syria and Cyprus / Adi Erlich; title: The case of the Persian riders at Seleucid Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates: the survival tradition in a Greek settlement / Heather Jackson; title: A look from the outside: Mediterranean influences on the terracotta figurines from Seleucia on the Tigris / Roberta Menegazzi; title: The plaster figurines of Khirbet es-Samrā Cemetery in Jordan / Abdalla Nabulsi.