Format: Paperback
Pages: 28
ISBN: 9781607245148
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781607244530
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
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
Format: Paperback
Pages: 44
ISBN: 9781607245230
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 31
ISBN: 9781607245193
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 39
ISBN: 9781607244899
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 43
ISBN: 9781607244363
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 47
ISBN: 9781607244431
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 34
ISBN: 9781607245018
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 43
ISBN: 9781607244424
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Lester B. Holland, professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, addresses the puzzle of Doric entablature, suggesting that the persistence of the form of the entablature is due to its mimicry of earlier fortifications.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 37
ISBN: 9781607245001
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
A. L. Frothingham, one of the founding fathers of Art History as a discipline, answers the question “What is Art?
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Format: Paperback
Pages: 29
ISBN: 9781607244462
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Porter explains the sudden appearance of Romanesque sculpture in the 12th century AD by suggesting an origin in the sculpture of Lombardy.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 34
ISBN: 9781607244578
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
William Dinsmoor, one of the experts who directed the first reconstruction of the Athenian Acropolis, here addresses the problem of the arrangement of the sculptures on the parapet of the temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 37
ISBN: 9781607244400
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
In this paper John Bonnel argues that the representation of the serpent in Eden as having a human head originated in the mystery plays of the 13th century, where the serpent was played by an actor and had a head.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 30
ISBN: 9781607245162
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
This paper presents a careful chronology of white lechythoi and demonstrates the methods by which pottery dating was established before modern equipment allowed carbon dating of organic residue.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 36
ISBN: 9781607244493
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
This paper reviews these competing theories of the definition of 'Gothic' and the way in which this style developed, presenting an overview of the difficulties involved in assigning a single name to a developing form of human expression
Format: Paperback
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9781607245179
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2009
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Chase describes three tripods found in Etruscan tombs and discusses the extent to which they represent Etruscan adoption of Greek tripod-offering customs.
