First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book is devoted to a category of manuscripts known as proskynetaria, dating mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries. Proskynetaria is the name given to manuscripts containing descriptions of the monuments of Palestine, especially the Christian ones. The manuscripts have many similarities with modern travel books, or with tourist guides to archaeological sites. The miniatures illustrating the manuscripts depict towns and sacred places, churches and monasteries, caves, mountains and lakes, as well as events from the Holy Scriptures and ecclesiastical history and tradition. The proskynetaria are brilliant examples of folk art that form a basic source for Palestine during one period of its history. Greek language text. Over 100 colour illustrations.

A completely new account of the archaeological and historical evidence which relates to Delphi - the most important place in the ancient world. Each of the three sites at Delphi - the Sanctuary of Apollo, the Sanctuary of Athena and the Gymnasium - are described in detail, along with its architectural development and the Museum, where the works of art on display can be directly related to the place in which they were found. A separate chapter discussed the Pythian festival, the oracular procedure and an interpretation of the Delphic rituals, to explain the arcane phenomena of the oracle and the enduring influence that the sanctuary had throughout ancient Greek history. Written in an accessible style, the book incorporates the results of the latest research into the sanctuary of Delphi and uses photographs to demonstrate the conservation works carried out in recent years.

The Luxor Temple of Amun-Re, built to commemorate the divine power of the pharaohs, is one of the iconic monuments of New Kingdom Egypt. In the 4th century C.E., the Roman Imperial government, capitalizing on the site's earlier significance, converted the temple into a military camp and constructed a lavishly painted cult chamber dedicated to the four emperors of the Tetrarchy. These frescoes provide fascinating insight into the political landscape of the late Roman Empire and, as the only surviving wall paintings from the tetrarchic period, into the history of Roman art. The culmination of a groundbreaking conservation project, this volume brings together scholars across disciplines for a comprehensive look at the frescoes and their architectural, archaeological, and historical contexts. More than 150 stunning illustrations present the paintings for the first time in their newly conserved state, along with a selection of 19th-century documentary watercolors. This remarkable publication illustrates how physical context, iconography, and style were used to convey ideology throughout Rome's provinces. Published in association with the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc.

This wide-ranging survey, now established as the best single-volume introduction to Andean art and architecture on the market today, describes the strikingly varied artistic achievements of the Chavin, Paracas, Moche, Nasca, Chimu and Inca cultures, among others. For this fully revised third edition, Rebecca Stone has rewritten and expanded the text throughout, touching on many of the recent discoveries and advances in the field. These include new work on the huge stone pyramids and other structures at Caral; continued excavations of Inca child sacrifices perched on mountaintops throughout the empire, with their perfectly preserved clothing and miniature offerings of metal, ceramics and shell; spectacular murals and the remarkable burial of a tattooed female warrior-leader at the Moche site of Huaca Cao Viejo; and many new finds of high-status textiles, along with fresh analyses of weaving technology and new interpretations of designs and motifs.

A wonderful world of hope, metaphors and ideas, which in spite of the time that has passed is very similar to the world we live in now. Archaeological objects offer outstanding opportunities to explore the way people conceived life in past ages. Their study demonstrates that subjects such as fertility, myths, rituals and cosmogony are embedded in all man-made artefacts, as they have always been part of daily human life. Even when creating artefacts for individual use, we have adopted imaginative and ingenious ways to represent and convey a message, a narrative that is a facet of our personal and social identity. That's why the amulets presented in this outstanding catalogue hold secrets: memories of deeds, lands and sacred representations. Objects used as offerings are full of life: the warrior recalls his heroic condition during his long mortal journey; the deceased person, who travels to the other world equipped with his objects of power, arrives satisfied and disposed to be generous toward his descendants, who receive fertility and well-being in return. The choice of materials is a fundamental aspect of such objects. The use of metals, for example, is etched into the language of social communication, whereas the vital force that moves the universe is found immersed to a large degree in magical materials like fired clay, the product of extensive chemical transformation, or shell, a product of the sea, its brilliance a sign of spirituality, or imperishable gold, which is the embodiment of the Sun itself, ductile and able to express extraordinary religious ideas. This catalogue introduces us to this world of magic, life and death. Text in English and Spanish.

Zu den faszinierendsten materiellen Hinterlassenschaften des Menschen der Eiszeit geh rt die H hlenkunst. G nther Gr nig hat alle dem Nichtwissenschaftler zug nglichen eiszeitlichen Grotten mit Kunst" besucht und berichtet anschaulich und leicht verst ndlich ber die Entstehung der H hlenkunst, ihre Erforschung, Erfolge und Misserfolge der Wissenschaftler sowie die Erkenntnisse, die sich aus den verschiedenen Grabungskampagnen ergeben haben. Besonders interessant sind die von den Wissenschaftlern aufgestellten Theorien ber die Zweckbestimmung der Kunst." Eigene Hypothesen des Verfassers erg nzen die Ausf hrungen. Wer einige der Grotten aufsuchen m chte, findet in diesem Buch genaue Fundortbeschreibungen und Skizzen, die das Werk erg nzen. Auch ber eventuell bestehende Zulassungsbeschr nkungen oder Vorbedingungen, die an einen Besuch bestimmter H hlen gekn pft sind, informiert dieses hilfreiche Buch. Von G nther Gr nig ist au erdem das Buch Die Reise zu den Megalithen - Die interessantesten steinzeitlichen Kultanlagen von Gro britannien, Frankreich, Spanien, Portugal, Italien und Malta" im Tectum Verlag erschienen.

Alexander the Great changed the face of the ancient world. During his life and after his death, his image in works of art exerted an unprecedented influence-on marbles, bronzes, ivories, frescoes, mosaics, coins, medals, even painted pottery and reliefware. Alexander's physiognomy became the most famous in history. But can we really know what meaning lies behind these images?
Andrew Stewart demonstrates that these portraits--wildly divergent in character, quality, type, provenance, date, and purpose--actually transmit not so much a "likeness" of Alexander as a set of carefully crafted cliches that mobilize the "notion" "Alexander" for diverse ends and diverse audiences. Stewart discusses the portraits as studies in power and his original interpretation of them gives unprecedented fullness and shape to the idea and image called "Alexander."

The Itinerary of a Collector: The Vasilis Korkolopoulos Collection Greek language text, c. 100 colour illustrations. Vasilis Korkolopoulos seeks to rescue from oblivion rare items of folk art covering the entire spectrum of human activity in the recent past (weapons, cartridge pouches, amulets, watches, etc.). Leaving no stone unturned, he searches for the thread that will lead him back to forgotten layers of Greek culture and the Greek psyche. Consequently, simply to browse through the pages of the catalogue of his collection is rather more than just a lesson in good taste: it familiarises the reader with the symbolical vocabulary that created and gave expression to the fantasy world of Modern Greeks. The collection is given a special character and a wider significance precisely by the care shown by its creator for Greek cultural self-awareness, to which the present volume also aspires to give prominence. Prologue by Professor Angelos Delivorrias, Director of the Benaki Museum. Greek language text

Found around the year 1711 in Herculaneum, the three Roman marble statues of clothed women known as the Herculaneum Women played a key role in the definition and theoretical substantiation of Classicism. The contributions to this volume connect to form a biography of these important sculptures. They deal with their history of discovery and collection, archaeological context, art historical interpretation, and influence on subsequent antique art. Full-sized color plates show new photos of these statues after their recent renovation. Includes detailed appendices with comments, bibliography, and a list of newly identified antique copies. German text.

When Neapolitans speak of 'the museum' they are referring to the Museo Archeologico Nazionale. Among the marvels that make it the world's greatest collection of classical art, the Alexander mosaic was, from the moment it was brought to the museum in 1843, the 'great mosaic.' Although it is evident that the Pompeian mosaic reproduces a painting, since it was discovered in the House of the Faun on 24 October 1831 the identity of the original has been the subject of an intense debate among scholars. On being shown a drawing of the mosaic, Goethe wrote, 'The present and the future will not succeed in commenting correctly on this artistic marvel, and we must always return, after having studied and explained it, to simple, pure wonder.' Two centuries of archaeological inquiry have not exhausted the profundity of the picture and have not given wholly satisfactory replies to the principal questions regarding it, namely, which episode is being represented here, whether the painting was executed during Alexander's reign or later, and to whom it should be attributed. A new series of photographs-- allowing the most important aspects of the scene to be shown in vivid detail-- facilitates the expounding of a hypothesis that until recently would have seemed improbable, but is justified by a close examination of the literary sources and archaeological finds, as well as by unexpected evidence in the original paintings that have come to light in Macedonia: the attribution to Apelles, the most famous painter of antiquity, whose revolutionary impact is fully described in this fascinating account.
Paolo Moreno was born in Udine in 1934. A pupil of Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli in Rome and of Doro Levi inAthens, he was Director of the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Bari, where he founded the series entitled "Studi sull'antico" (1-7, Bari, 1975-85), then he became Professor of the History of Ancient Art at La Sapienza University, Rome. Since 1992 he has been Professor of Greek and Roman Art at the Universita di Roma Tre.
Formerly on the editorial staff of the "Enciclopedia dell'arte antica" at the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, he has contributed to the" Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae," numerous journals in Italy and abroad and the series: "Fonti per la Storia dell'arte,"" Monumenti della Pittura antica scoperti in Italia,"" Storia e civilta dei Greci,"" I grandi Musei,"" Guide pratiche,"" Civilta del Mezzogiorno,"" Itinerari de l'Espresso,"" Saggi di Archeologia," "Grandi Libri," "Archivi di Arte antica."
He has made an important contribution to the new direction in the history of ancient art with a continuous series of publications on fundamental themes: the links between the Severe style and Classicism ("I Bronzi di Riace," "Il Maestro di Olimpia e i Sette a Tebe," Milan, 1998; "Les Bronzes de Riace," Paris, 1998; "La bellezza classica," "Guida al piacere dell'antico," Turin, 2001); the original paintings found in Macedonia ("Pittura greca, Da Polignoto ad Apelle," Milan, 1987; "Pintura Griega," Madrid, 1988; "Elementi di pittura ellenistica," Rome, 1998); the greatest Greek bronze sculptor, Lysippus ("Testimonianze per la teoria artistica di Lisippo," Treviso, 1973; "Lisippo," Bari, 1974; "Vita e arte di Lisippo," Milan, 1987; "Lisippo, L'arte e la fortuna," exhibition catalogue, Milan, 1995); the most famous Greek painter, Apelles("Apelle, La Battaglia di Alessandro," Milan, 2000); an analysis of a complex period ("Scultura ellenistica," I-II, Rome, 1994); the transition to Imperial art ("Sabato in museo, Letture di arte ellenistica e romana," Milan, 1999); an overview from the Geometric period to Late Antiquity, in "Arte, Storia universale," Milan, 1997 (also published in installments by the newspaper "La Repubblica," 1997: "Arte, Enciclopedia universale"); observations on those responsible for creating the present archaeological collection at the Galleria Borghese in Rome (in "Galleria Borghese," Milan, 2000, Eng. ed. "The Borghese Gallery").

English description: After over 100 years, the artifacts from the tombs in Giza are once again presented as an ensemble. This unique exhibition presents 4000-year-old objects from the collections in Hildesheim, Leipzig, and Vienna, complemented by spectacular loans from Chicago, Philadelphia, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Basel, and the Vatican. The essays by internationally renowned specialists introducing the fascinating history and art of the Old Kingdom are centered around the mastaba of Hem-iunu, who lived during the reign of Khufu, and for other important tombs of high dignitaries. The volume also sheds light on the original excavations at the beginning of the 20th century, modern archaeological methods, and the most recent research on ancient Egyptian culture. German text. German description: Nach mehr als 100 Jahren werdendie Artefakte aus den Grabern von Giza erstmals wieder vereint gezeigt. Der Band begleitet dieses denkwuerdige Ereignis und gibt spannende Einblicke sowohl in die Entstehungszeit der weltberuehmten Pyramiden als auch in die archaologische Erschlieaung des Plateaus von Giza. Den 100. Geburtstag seiner einzigartigen Altagypten-Sammlung feiert das Hildesheimer Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum mit einer groaen Sonderausstellung und begleitendem Katalogband zu den beruehmten Grabungen auf dem Plateau von Giza. Erstmals werden Objekte, die mehr als 100 Jahre durch die Fundteilung getrennt waren, wieder vereint prasentiert. Um dies zu erreichen, arbeiten die internationalen Partner zusammen, die Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts Grabungskonzessionen in der Wueste rund um die eltbekannten Pyramiden von Giza besaaen: Die ueber viertausend Jahre alten Objekte der Sammlungen in Hildesheim, Leipzig und Wien werden zu einer einmaligen Prasentation versammelt, erganzt um hochkaratige Leihgaben aus Chicago, Philadelphia, Paris, Berlin, Kopenhagen, Basel und Vatikanstadt. Ausgangspunkt fuer zahlreiche Essays international renommierter Wissenschaftler, die in die faszinierende Geschichte und Kunst des Alten Reichs einfuehren, bilden die "Mastaba" des Hem-iunu aus der Zeit Pharao Cheops sowie vier weitere bedeutende Graber des Friedhofs hoher Wuerdentrager. Weiter vermittelt der Band Einblicke sowohl in die Ausgrabungen um 1900 als auch in moderne archaologische Arbeitsmethoden und die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse ueber die Kultur Altagyptens.

This classic work discusses representations in Egyptian painting, sculpture and reliefs, assessing how objects and figures are represented in two dimensions, introducing the idea of "conceptual" and "perceptual" art. Translated from the German by John Baines, who has revised the text and illustrations to take account of recent research.

Welche Funktionen erfullten die Koren, die Madchenstatuen aus Marmor, im Alten Griechenland? Welche Bedeutung wurde ihnen beigemessen? Wen stellen sie dar? Die Autorin beantwortet diese Fragen anhand ihrer ausfuhrlichen Studien. Die uberaus qualitatvoll gearbeiteten Madchenstatuen aus Marmor waren in den Stadten der griechischen Welt in der Zeit vom 7. bis 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. weitverbreitet. Die Forschung hat sich intensiv mit diesen eindrucksvollen Bildwerken junger Frauen befasst, die sich in aufwendiger Tracht, reich geschmuckt und mit einem Attribut in der Hand prasentieren. Doch ist es bis heute nicht gelungen eindeutig zu klaren, welche Funktionen diese Statuen erfullten. Die Autorin schlagt bei ihrer Suche nach Antworten einen anderen Weg als die bisherige Forschung ein. Zunachst werden alle bekannten Koren mit zum Teil erstmals publizierten Farbaufnahmen vorgestellt, ihre Merkmale im einzelnen aufgefuhrt und in einer synoptischen Darstellung zusammengefasst. Bestimmte Informationen werden sodann isoliert behandelt und in einem tabellarischen System ausgewertet. Auf der Grundlage dieses Kataloges wird der Versuch unternommen, den ehemaligen Aufstellungsort einer jeden Kore zu rekonstruieren und de n historischen und kulturellen Kontext zu bestimmen. Schliesslich widmet sich die Autorin den wesentlichen Fragen nach der Identitat und Bedeutung der Koren, dem Kreis der Auftraggeber dieser prachtvollen Figuren und deren Stellung innerhalb der griechischen Gesellschaft.

References to the past play a significant role on many levels in both modern and ancient societies. What societies choose to remember and how they do it can be seen in relation to their social, religious, and moral world view. Ancient societies invested heavily in remembrance, and the memory of remarkable individuals and significant events was deliberately perpetuated through both literature and material culture. The papers in this volume discuss the topic of the deliberate creation of memory in relation to both literary and material evidence from the Graeco-Roman world. They range in time from the Greek Archaic period to Late Antiquity. A major aim of the collection as a whole is an attempt to cast light on the relationship between an individual's gender and social status and the existence of opportunities for ensuring that he or she would be remembered after death.

The volumes of this bibliography show the Egyptologist where to find published and unpublished records of ancient Egyptian monuments which remain in situ, those which have been removed but can be traced to a definite site, as well as those in museums and private collections where the provenance has been lost. Monuments are arranged geographically and there are indices, including kings, deities and private individuals, for each volume. The first two volumes contain the account of the temples and tombs at Thebes. The third volume deals with the monuments of Memphis, with its vast necropolis of pyramids and tombs; the fourth with Lower and Middle Egypt. The fifth and sixth volumes cover the sites and temples of Upper Egypt, and the seventh Nubia, the deserts and finds of Egyptian objects outside Egypt. Monuments of provenance not known are being presented systematically in the eighth volume, parts 1 and 2 of which list statues, and parts 3 and 4 stelae. This second part of Volume III (Memphis: Saqqara to Dahshur) covers the southern section of the Memphite necropolis and the temple and town site of Mit Rahina. It lists published as well as important unpublished sources, such as manuscripts, drawings and photographs. Thirty-six pages of maps and plans accompany the text, and the volume is fully indexed. This is an unchanged reprint of the second edition, originally published in 1981.

In March 2009 the international conference for which this volume is named was held in Loutraki by the 37th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in collaboration with the Greek Ministry of Culture s Directorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, and the German Archaeological Institute of Athens. The results of research carried out by international research institutes and individual researchers working in Corinthia, and first and foremost by the Greek Antiquities Service, were presented at the conference."