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Arts & Architecture
Mycenaean Plumes Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 33
ISBN: 9781607244608
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Holland uses sculpture to suggest that these ornaments were meant to be worn in womens' headdresses as a development from feathered crowns worn in earlier times and possibly connected to the iconography of the sphinx.
Notes on Byzantine Art and Culture in Italy and Especially in Rome Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 60
ISBN: 9781607244844
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
A. J. Frothingham discusses Byzantine influences in the art and architecture of medieval Rome, bringing to light the influence of Byzantium on Italy beyond the fall of the Western empire.
Notes on Roman Artists of the Middle Ages Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 46
ISBN: 9781607244936
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
In this series, A. J. Frothingham Jr.
Pilgrimage Sculpture Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 53
ISBN: 9781607244516
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Arthur Kingsley Porter here traces the roots of Renaissance sculpture to the smaller decorative sculptures found on the outside of churches and other buildings beginning around the turn of the first millennium A.D.
Pirene Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 36
ISBN: 9781607244905
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Rufus B. Richardson, the director of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens at the time of this paper, publishes the discovery of the fountain of Pirene in Corinth.
Roman Church Mosaics of the First Nine Centuries with Especial Regard to Their Position in the Churches Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 35
ISBN: 9781607245124
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
In this paper noted librarian, scholar, and philanthropist William Warner Bishop examines and classifies the existing church mosaics of Rome and the immediate vicinity.
Studies of the Exploits of Heracles on Vases Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 30
ISBN: 9781607244554
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
This paper discusses the tales of Heracles as told in vase-paintings, which often represent earlier or more popular versions of the stories than those preserved in upper-class literature.
The Characteristics of Eye Beads from the Earliest Times to the Present Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 28
ISBN: 9781607244370
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
In this ambitious article Eisen creates a chronology of eye beads (glass beads decorated with eye-like spots) from sites in Europe, the Near East, and North Africa.
The Date of Damophon of Messene Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 28
ISBN: 9781607245148
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Ida Thallon dates the work of Demophon, a famous sculptor whose surviving work is now agreed to be an example of innovative second-century BC Greek art.
The Deities of the Sacred Axe Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781607244530
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
In this paper Margaret Waits offers an explanation for the pervasive and enigmatic symbol of the double-axe in Mycenaean culture with special reference to the religions of Greece and Asia Minor
The Gables of the Propylaea at Athens Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 44
ISBN: 9781607245230
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
William Dinsmoor, one of the experts who directed the first reconstruction of the Athenian Acropolis, here sets out the process by which he was able to piece the gables of the Propylaia together from surviving fragments.
The Group Dedicated by Daochus at Delphi Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 31
ISBN: 9781607245193
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
This paper shows the process by which the statue-group of Daochos in Delphi was reconstructed and discusses its position within the immediate area of its installation.
The Hittite Gods in Hittite Art Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 39
ISBN: 9781607244899
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
In this article, the famous Assyriologist William Ward discusses the gods of the Hittites as the appear in in art as well as foreign deities who commonly appear alongside them.
The Iconography of the Ascension Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 43
ISBN: 9781607244363
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Earnest DeWald traces the development of the iconography of the Ascension from its earliest type through to the Gothic form, showing the manner in which the Eastern influence modified the types current in western art.
The Ludovisi Relief and Its Companion Piece in Boston Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 47
ISBN: 9781607244431
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
The Ludovisi throne is a famous works of early Classical sculpture, a white marble chair covered with bas relief. This article compares the Ludovisi throne to a similar piece in Boston, arguing that the two works are companion pieces.
The Madonnas of Luca Della Robbia Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 34
ISBN: 9781607245018
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Luca della Robbia was a Florentine sculptor who is currently thought to have lived from 1400-1482. In this article Alan Marquand suggests a chronology for the Madonnas sculpted by Luca della Robbia.