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While the archaeological legacies of Greece and Cyprus are often
considered to represent some of the highest values of Western
civilization—democracy, progress, aesthetic harmony, and
rationalism—this much adored and heavily touristed heritage can
quickly become the stage for clashes over identity and memory. In
Contested Antiquity, Esther Solomon curates explorations of how
those who safeguard cultural heritage are confronted with the best
ways to represent this heritage responsibly. How should visitors be
introduced to an ancient Byzantine fortification that still holds
the grim reminders of the cruel prison it was used as until the
1980s? How can foreign archaeological institutes engage with
another nation's heritage in a meaningful way? What role do locals
have in determining what is sacred, and can this sense of the
sacred extend beyond buildings to the surrounding land? Together,
the essays featured in Contested Antiquity offer fresh insights
into the ways ancient heritage is negotiated for modern times.
This innovative look at ancient Greek painting combines the most
complete survey to date of the painted monuments of classical
antiquity with an in-depth exploration of the ways in which the
people of Ancient Greece appreciated this demanding art. Plantzos
looks at techniques, styles, themes and masters as well as their
admirers, clients, and critics. At the same time, he discusses
recent breakthroughs in archaeology, cultural studies, and art
history. The book is unique in its reflections of new,
multidisciplinary approaches to the material record which it
combines with a more traditional, art-historical exploration; it
draws on a wide range of ancient authorities - from Plato and
Xenophon to Cicero, Pliny, Lucian, and Philostratus. The book
covers painting in Bronze-Age Greece (Cyclades, Crete, Santorini,
Mycenaean Greece); painting of the Archaic, the Classical, and the
Hellenistic periods, and ends with a study of Graeco-Roman painting
in the 2nd-3rd c. AD. Dimitris Plantzos is the author of Greek Art
and Archaeology, 1200-30 BC (Kapon Editions, 2016).
This luxuriously illustrated book surveys Greek archaeology from
the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces to the subordination of the
last Hellenistic kingdoms to Rome. Its aim is to study Greek art
through the material record, and against its cultural and social
backdrop. It takes the reader on a tour of ancient Greece along the
most important period in its history, the 1st millennium BC.
Architecture, city planning, sculpture, painting, pottery,
metallurgy, jewellery, and numismatics are some of the areas
covered. With concise, systematic coverage of the main categories
of classical monuments, the book caters for the non-specialist
looking for the essential in ancient Greece, students of Greek
archaeology and art, as well as anyone interested in Greek art and
culture. The text is divided into accessible, user-friendly
sections including case studies, terminology, charts, maps, a
timeline and full index. This is the first English language edition
of the original Greek edition and was thoroughly revised and
expanded by Dimitris Plantzos before translation by the British
archaeologist Nicola Wardle. 592 colour illustrations.
While the archaeological legacies of Greece and Cyprus are often
considered to represent some of the highest values of Western
civilization—democracy, progress, aesthetic harmony, and
rationalism—this much adored and heavily touristed heritage can
quickly become the stage for clashes over identity and memory. In
Contested Antiquity, Esther Solomon curates explorations of how
those who safeguard cultural heritage are confronted with the best
ways to represent this heritage responsibly. How should visitors be
introduced to an ancient Byzantine fortification that still holds
the grim reminders of the cruel prison it was used as until the
1980s? How can foreign archaeological institutes engage with
another nation's heritage in a meaningful way? What role do locals
have in determining what is sacred, and can this sense of the
sacred extend beyond buildings to the surrounding land? Together,
the essays featured in Contested Antiquity offer fresh insights
into the ways ancient heritage is negotiated for modern times.
The desire for things which are inspired by, imitate, or indeed are
Greek, or Greco-Roman has been felt throughout history. The twenty
contributions in this volume explore the presence and diffusion of
what they term 'The Classical Taste' from the 5th century BC to the
20th century focusing on the methods and media through which this
occurs. Including discussions on vase painting, ancient gems, the
image of Alexander the Great, Roman medallions, cameos, statuettes
and portraits, and the reception of Classicism in the medieval,
Renaissance and modern periods.
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