Reading Ancient Objects Inside Out: Greek Figure-Decorated Pottery in Portugal

Rui Morais, Delfim Leão, Maria de Fátima Silva, Daniela Ferreira, David Wallace-Hare (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

370 Seiten

2024
Archaeopress Archaeology (Verlag)
978-1-80327-861-2 (ISBN)

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Collected papers examine ancient Greek vases in Portugal through two approaches: scripta explores mythological, literary, and cultural themes, while eikon provides an iconographic analysis. The study includes vases from Myths, Gods and Heroes and others of historical importance, including non-figurative examples.

Reading Ancient Objects Inside Out adopts two complementary approaches to advance the study of ancient Greek vases: a philological view, scripta, and an iconographic view, eikon, the latter comprising two parts, one dealing with the figurative vases already included in the catalogue Myths, Gods and Heroes. Greek Vases in Portugal / Mitos, Deuses e Heróis. Vasos gregos em Portugal, and another covering vases that are not included in this work, but which due to their historical and archaeological importance have been considered here, including those without figural motifs.

The first part, scripta, brings together seven collaborations in which an essentially mythological, literary and cultural perspective is explored, suggested by the motifs represented on the vases that make up this project. The second part, eikon, additionally includes the iconographic study of some vases made possible thanks to the contributions of various specialists.

Rui Morais has a degree in history (with archaeology) from the University of Coimbra, an MA in urban archaeology, and a PhD in archaeology, technology, and materials from the University of Minho. He was a professor at Minho University and is currently an Associate Professor with aggregation at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto. In his research, he has dedicated special attention to the study of trade in antiquity and Classical Art. Delfim Leão is Full Professor at the Institute of Classical Studies and researcher at the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies at the University of Coimbra. His main areas of scientific interest are Ancient History, Law and Political Theory of the Greeks, Theatrical Pragmatics, and the Ancient Novel. He also has a deep interest in Open Science and Scholarly Communication. He has published around 200 works in international journals, books and book chapters. Maria de Fátima Silva is Jubilee Professor of Classical Studies at FLUC. Research focused on Greek studies, particularly, theatre, historiography, and scientific treaties. More recently, she has dedicated to reception studies. Author of numerous translations and studies on the areas mentioned above. Close contact with centres of excellence, notably in Athens and Oxford. Distinguished with the International Research Prize, awarded by the FLUC, on its first edition. Daniela Ferreira is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto and a researcher at the CITCEM – Center for Transdisciplinary Research Culture, Space and Memory. She holds a PhD in History and Archaeology (University Complutense of Madrid - Spain) with a focus on Greek archaeological heritage in the Iberian Peninsula. She has authored and co-authored several books and articles on a broad range of archaeological topics, including ancient Greek history and pottery, intangible cultural heritage and Latin epigraphy. David Wallace-Hare is a Postdoctoral Research Associate on project MEMBRA (Understanding Memory of Treescapes for Better Resilience & Adaptation) based at the University of Exeter. An environmental historian, he holds a PhD in Classics from the University of Toronto with a focus on the connection between votive dedications and economic activities in Gaul and the Iberian Peninsula. He is an experienced charity marketer and fundraiser, and currently sits as the Chair of the Society for Classical Studies Fundraising Committee.

Foreword

Part I: SCRIPTA

Reflections of Theatre in Vase-paintings: an Overview of their Variety – Oliver Taplin

The representations of subalternities and asymmetries: theory and practice for the intersectional analysis of Greek vase paintings in Portugal – Brian Kibuuka

Epic stories in black and red.Narrative techniques and authorial voice in four Attic black-figure vases in Portugal (ABF 02, 03, and 17) – Carlos A. Martins de Jesus

Heracles, the portrait of the hero in literature and plastic arts.Some testimonies – Maria de Fátima Silva

Sphinxes, Sirens, Satyrs, Tritons, and Gorgons: Representations of hybrid beings on Greek vases in Portugal – Nuno Simões Rodrigues

Animals on Greek vases from Portugal – Carmen Morenillla Talens

Men and Women at the Symposium: Insights from Greek Vases in Portugal – Delfim Leão

Part II: EIKON (Section One

Beauty and the Beast Sphinxes on Corinthian Alabastra and Aryballoi – Marcel Danner

“Riders in the Sky”.The motive of the Dioskuroi on Attic Red-Figure column craters and the Cavalry of youths on the Parthenon frieze – Rui Morais, Matthias Steinhart, Giada Giudice and Elvia Giudice

Iconographic observations on the Attic Lekythos with Relief Decoration from a private collection in Porto – Elvia Giudice

Herakles and the Cretan Bull in South Italian Vase-Painting – Alan Shapiroii

Greek vase productions and the changing iconography.A brief overview focusing on Greek vases from Portuguese museums and collections – Frank Hildebrandt

From lions to fish. On Animals and Greek Vases – Matthias Steinhart

Apollo, Dionysos and the Power of Music – Florian Leitmeir

The male bathing and the bride’s toilette in two Greek vases preserved in Portuguese collections – David Vendrell Cabanillas

From Excavation to Iconography: An In-Depth Analysis of Red-Figure Bell Kraters in Portugal – Daniela Filipa de Freitas Ferreira

On spatial paintings – Dominik Lengyel & Catherine Toulouse

Part III: EIKON (Section Two – New Vases

Payne’s in Porto. Three Greek Vases from the Collection of a great Archaeologist – Matthias Steinhart

News about a white-ground floral lekythos from the Athenian Agora – Jesús Salas Álvarez & Rui Morais

An unpublished lekythos attributed to the Group of London E 614 in Portugal – David Vendrell Cabanillas

A “Chalcidian” Neck-Amphora by the Group of the Phineus cup in Portugal – Mario Iozzo and Rui Morais

“One of the most competent collectors”: Louis-Gabriel Bellon Gnathian Krateriskos from the Group of the Painter of Zurich 2692 – Louise Detrez, Rui Morais, & Francesca Pesce

Bibliography

Catalogue

Geometric-Attic

Geometric – Boeotia

Italic- Geometric

Corinthian

Etrusco-Corinthian

Eastern Greece

Attic Black-Figure

Attic Red-Figure

Attic White Ground

Etruscan Black-Figure

Etruscan Red-Figure

Bucchero E Impasto Nero

Lucanian Red-Figure

Apulian Red-Figure

Paestum Red-Figure

Campanian Red-Figure

Apulian – Xenon

Campanian – Teano

Apulian Black Glaze

Campanian Black Glazed

Northern Italic Black Glaze

Gnathia

Canosa

Daunia

Miscellaneous

Plates

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.12.2024
Zusatzinfo	144 figures, 2 graphs, 1 table, 49 plates (colour throughout)
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	205 x 290 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	1-80327-861-7 / 1803278617
ISBN-13	978-1-80327-861-2 / 9781803278612
Zustand	Neuware