Minoische Fresken - Minoan Frescoes
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Wachsmann, S., 2010. Ahhotep’s Silver Ship Model: The Minoan Context. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 2(3): 31-41.
This study focuses on a special type of pottery and frescoes in Crete and Thera, both dated to a chronological span that starts at the end of the Middle Bronze Age and ends in the Late Bronze Age [Late Minoan (LM) II period]. The former... more
The relationship between ‘blackness’ and ‘race’ in Greco-Roman antiquity is an important issue that has received far too little attention in recent discussions on race and ethnicity. This issue, though often marginalized, is of great... more
I had examined the relationship between pottery and wall-painting for the first time in 1997, at the conference organized on the Thera wall-paintings, in my paper entitled “The Attraction of the Pictorial: Observations on the Relationship... more
The evidence from the last years of work at Akrotiri, a particularly productive period in terms of excavation and conservation, has not essentially altered the picture of the dispersion of wall-paintings in the settlement, or rather, has... more
This paper examines the representations of the objects brought by the Aegean emissaries depicted in the foreigners’ procession scene in the tomb of Senenmut (TT 71). Through comparison of the depicted objects with the ones found in the... more
ABSTRACT: This lecture forms an introduction to the foundation of Ancient Egypt's New Kingdom and New Kingdom Empire: It summarizes the emergence and development of significant factors during the Middle Kingdom through Second Intermediate... more
On Late Bronze Age pottery the 'reed' is usually a simple but vague floral device and rarely can the actual plant be securely identified. The same is largely true of the Aegean wall paintings ; many aquatic plants look like reeds but very... more
Hitit dini inancına göre Boğa, Fırtına Tanrısı Tešup’un simgesi olmuştur. Hititler, dini ritüellerinde Boğa sembolüne sunu yapmışlardır. Boğa motifli rhytonları dini ritüellerinde kullanmışlardır. Özellikle Fırtına Tanrısı ile ilgili... more
The focus of this paper is a short solo dance, Gnossienne, choreographed and first performed by the American dancer Ted Shawn in 1919. Shawn was a significant figure in the early development of modern dance. In 1915, he and Ruth St Denis... more
The linking of the wall-painting compositions with specific walls and rooms in the monumental building Xeste 3 demonstrates the close relationship between Theran mural art and architecture, and confirms that the restoration and study of... more
This paper analyses the interaction between wall paintings, places and spaces (of activity) in the Minoan Neopalatial and Final Palatial Period on the theoretical basis of a »Pictorial-Space« concept. In the case of the palace at... more
ABSTRACT: This lecture provides an overview focusing on the Second Intermediate Period in Egypt, but also includes its roots in the Middle Kingdom and aftermath in early Dynasty 18. The lecture begins with a brief summary of the main... more
Investigating the outskirts of the prehistoric town at Akrotiri, Thera Α rich LC I/LM IA building complex at the site of Raos Ερευνώντας τα περίχωρα της προϊστορικής πόλης του Ακρωτηρίου Θήρας Ένα πλούσιο ΥΚ Ι/ΥΜΙ Α κτιριακό συγκρότημα... more
Το θέμα της εργασίας είναι η μελέτης της σχέσης της προανακτορικής κεραμικής και των τοιχογραφιών στην Κρήτη. Το τέλος της ΜΜ ΙΙΙ και η αρχή της ΥΜ Ι είναι η περίοδος που η Μινωική τέχνη βρέθηκε στο απόγειο της. Η Μινωική τέχνη... more
SUMMARY: Lecture 12 discusses the end of Early Minoan period, the rise of Middle Minoan period, and the emergence of palace centres on Crete. This lecture is designed mainly as an educational resource for college students (i.e., normally... more
Wall paintings are an integral part of Minoan architecture. They have been positioned in relation to the function of the architectural space and must be conceived in relation to the action that took place in this space. Building Xesté 3... more
Publication of the frescoes excavated from House X at Kommos, including the Lily Fresco.
Εvα από τα πιo εvτυπωσιακά αγγεία πoυ πρoέρχovται από τηv Αγία Ειρήvη είvαι o πιθαμφoρέας αρ. 592 τoυ Μoυσείoυ της Κέας. Ο πιθαμφoρέας διακoσμείται με τρείς γρύπες πoυ απoδίδovται με συvδυασμό μελαvoύ και ερυθρoύ χρώματoς και βρέθηκε σε... more
119th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston (MA), January 4-7, 2018
Mycenaean Seminar, London (UK)
Present archaeological research acknowledges the possibility to view globalisation as a phenomenon that occurred in the Bronze Age as well, stretching from the eastern Atlantic to the western Pacific, an unravelling that is coined... more