Author : Michael J. Bennett
Publisher : Hudson Hills
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 29,31 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780940717718
This magnificent book presents 82 masterpieces of Greek vase painting and sculpture in terrocotta, stone, and bronze from the eight great museum collections of the South of Italy and Sicily. 170 colour illustrations
Author : Ernst Langlotz
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 34,42 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Sculpture
ISBN :
Author : Maria Lucia Ferruzza
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 12,76 MB
Release : 2016-01-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 1606064851
In the ancient world, terracotta sculpture was ubiquitous. Readily available and economical—unlike stone suitable for carving—clay allowed artisans to craft figures of remarkable variety and expressiveness. Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily attest to the prolific coroplastic workshops that supplied sacred and decorative images for sanctuaries, settlements, and cemeteries. Sixty terracottas are investigated here by noted scholar Maria Lucia Ferruzza, comprising a selection of significant types from the Getty’s larger collection—life-size sculptures, statuettes, heads and busts, altars, and decorative appliqués. In addition to the comprehensive catalogue entries, the publication includes a guide to the full collection of over one thousand other figurines and molds from the region by Getty curator of antiquities Claire L. Lyons. Reflecting the Getty's commitment to open content, Ancient Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily in the J. Paul Getty Museum is available online at www.getty.edu/publications/terracottas and may be downloaded for free.
Author : Arthur Dale Trendall
Publisher :
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Basilicata (Italy)
ISBN :
Author : Katherine McDonald
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 15,19 MB
Release : 2015-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1107103835
A groundbreaking new interpretation of the relationship between Greek and Oscan, two of the most widely spoken languages of pre-Roman Italy.
Author : Luca Cerchiai
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,89 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892367511
After colonizing the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor, the ancient Greeks turned toward southern Italy and Sicily, driven by the unrest that troubled their homeland in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C. The new arrivals brought with them their language, as well as their cultural and religious traditions and the institution of the polis. In Italy they created an autonomous political community that eventually surpassed the cities of Greece in wealth, military power, and architectural and cultural splendor. Such forefathers of Western philosophy as Pythagoras, Parmenides, and Archimedes lived and worked within this civilization. The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily presents an overview of Greek colonization in Italy and the principal historical events that took place in this area from the Archaic period until the ascendancy of the Romans. This comprehensive survey is followed by a review of the major archaeological sites in the region.
Author : Cleveland Museum of Art
Publisher : J Paul Getty Museum Publications
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606061336
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Sicily: art & invention between Greece and Rome, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu, from April 3 to August 19, 2013; at the Cleveland Museum of Art from September 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014; and at Palazzo Ajutamicristo, Palermo, from February 14 to June 15, 2014.
Author : Kathryn Bosher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 40,84 MB
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1139510339
This volume brings together archeologists, art historians, philologists, literary scholars, political scientists, and historians to articulate the ways in which western Greek theater was distinct from that of the Greek mainland and, at the same time, to investigate how the two traditions interacted. The chapters intersect and build on each other in their pursuit of a number of shared questions and themes: the place of theater in the cultural life of Sicilian and South Italian 'colonial cities;' theater as a method of cultural self-identification; shared mythological themes in performance texts and theatrical vase-painting; and the reflection and analysis of Sicilian and South Italian theater in the work of Athenian philosophers and playwrights. Together, the essays explore central problems in the study of western Greek theater. By gathering a number of different perspectives and methods, this volume offers the first wide-ranging examination of this hitherto neglected history.
Author : Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Publisher :
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 25,8 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Italy
ISBN :
Author : R. Ross Holloway
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 35,55 MB
Release : 2002-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1134557736
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
