Format:
403 S.
,
zahlr. Ill
ISBN:
9789609538343
Series Statement:
Meletēmata / Ethniko Idryma Ereunōn, Instituto Istorikōn Ereunōn, Tomeas Ellēnikēs kai Rōmaïkēs Archaiotētos 72
Content:
During the recent decades many new Mycenaean wall paintings have been brought to light and older finds have been restored and reconstructed afresh in light of newly found joining fragments. These paintings derive both from palatial and non-palatial contexts, from major centers on the mainland (including Mycenae, Tiryns, Argos, Pylos, Thebes, Orchomenos, and Gla) and from recently excavated sites, such as Iklaina in Messenia. However, in contrast to the corpora of Minoan and Cycladic wall paintings, Mycenaean paintings have survived in poor physical condition. For the most part, they are highly fragmentary and lack iconographic and contextual coherence. The present book, lavishly illustrated, including many full-page details, offers an up to date insight into new discoveries of Mycenaean wall painting and new iconographic interpretations of old material, excavated long ago but never properly published. It is therefore likely to fill a large gap in our knowledge of Mycenaean wall painting and Aegean wall painting in general, and help us to gain a better understanding of the visual language of Mycenaean painting and of how it was employed in the murals that adorned Mycenaean buildings
Content:
Preface / by the editors -- Conceptual and geographical contexts. Telltale depictions : a contextual view of Mycenaean wall paintings / John Bennet ; Detecting "Mycenaean" elements in the "Minoan" wall paintings of a "Cycladic" settlement : the wall paintings at Akrotiri, Thera within their iconographic Koine / Andreas Vlachopoulos ; A painted town : wall paintings and the built environment at Late Minoan III Ayia Triada / Santo Privitera -- Mycenae. A female painted plaster figure from Mycenae / Heleni Palaiologou ; Late Helladic IIIA frescoes from Petsas House, Mycenae : splatters, patterns and scenes / Kim Shelton ; Sport, prestige, and ritual outside the palaces : pictorial frescoes from the West House at Mycenae / Iphiyenia Tournavitou -- Tiryns and Argos. Bearing the pomegranate bearer : a new wall-painting scene from Tiryns / Alkestis Papadimitriou, Ulrich Thaler, and Joseph Maran ; The Mycenaean wall-paintings from Argos : a preliminary presentation / Iphiyenia Tournavitou and Hariclia Brecoulaki -- Messenia. A group of new Mycenaean frescoes from Iklaina, Pylos / Michael B. Cosmopoulos ; An unprecedented naval scene from Pylos : first considerations / Hariclia Brecoulaki, Sharon R. Stocker, Jack L. Davis, and Emily C. Egan ; Marine iconography at the Palace of Nestor and the emblematic use of the Argonaut / Emily C. Egan and Hariclia Brecoulaki -- Boiotia. The Mycenaean wall paintings of Thebes : from excavation to restoration / Vassilis Aravantinos and Ioannis Fappas ; Wall paintings from the Mycenaean Palace of Boiotian Orchomenos / Theodoros Spyropoulos ; Reconstructing a dolphin frieze and Argonauts from the Mycenaean Citadel of Gla / Christos Boulotis
Language:
English
Keywords:
Athen 〈2011〉
;
Mykenische Kultur
;
Wandmalerei
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
Author information:
Mprekulakē, Charikleia 1969-
Author information:
Davis, Jack Lee 1950-
