Kalaitzi Myrina (Assistant Researcher Assistant Researcher National Hellenic Research Foundation)
Kalaitzi Myrina (Assistant Researcher Assistant Researcher National Hellenic Research Foundation) - Figured Tombstones From Macedonia Fifth - First Century Bc - Hardcover
Kalaitzi Myrina (Assistant Researcher Assistant Researcher National Hellenic Research Foundation) - Figured Tombstones From Macedonia Fifth - First Century Bc - Hardcover
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Description: Figured Tombstones from Macedonia Fifth - First Century BC brings together for the first time a substantial body of material from ancient Macedonia comprising stone funerary monuments be they statues stelai or reliefs which feature figured representations. The volume's geographical focus encompasses what can be referred to as the national territory of the ancient Macedonians as established largely from the reign of Philip II until the last Antigonids and extending from the range of Mount Pindos and Lake Lychnitis in the west as far as the Strymon valley and Mount Pangaion in the east. Its broad chronological scope stretches back to prehistoric times when stone funerary monuments seem to have first appeared in the area and into the first century AD when significant changes in the modes which shaped (self - ) representation in a funerary context can be traced. However the volume takes as its main focus the Classical and Hellenistic periods describing and unravelling the codes which moulded the representation of the dead on tombstones dating from the fifth to the first century BC. Paying close attention to the wealth of information that can be gained through morphological typological iconographical and epigraphic analysis the volume goes beyond artistic evaluation to consider social history: social and gender roles social status cultural identity regionalism or consciously constructed cosmopolitanism shifts in religious behaviour and attitudes towards death and a possible afterlife are all addressed revealing the ideas that shaped aesthetic predilections and the choice of (self - )representation.
Title: Figured Tombstones From Macedonia Fifth - First Century Bc
Author(s): Kalaitzi Myrina (Assistant Researcher Assistant Researcher National Hellenic Research Foundation)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198746454
Pages: 320 Pages, 238 Black And White Illustrations, 8-Page Colour Plates Section, And 8 Maps
Publication Date: 5/3/2016
Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology
Category: Classical Greek & Roman Archaeology
Description: Figured Tombstones from Macedonia Fifth - First Century BC brings together for the first time a substantial body of material from ancient Macedonia comprising stone funerary monuments be they statues stelai or reliefs which feature figured representations. The volume's geographical focus encompasses what can be referred to as the national territory of the ancient Macedonians as established largely from the reign of Philip II until the last Antigonids and extending from the range of Mount Pindos and Lake Lychnitis in the west as far as the Strymon valley and Mount Pangaion in the east. Its broad chronological scope stretches back to prehistoric times when stone funerary monuments seem to have first appeared in the area and into the first century AD when significant changes in the modes which shaped (self - ) representation in a funerary context can be traced. However the volume takes as its main focus the Classical and Hellenistic periods describing and unravelling the codes which moulded the representation of the dead on tombstones dating from the fifth to the first century BC. Paying close attention to the wealth of information that can be gained through morphological typological iconographical and epigraphic analysis the volume goes beyond artistic evaluation to consider social history: social and gender roles social status cultural identity regionalism or consciously constructed cosmopolitanism shifts in religious behaviour and attitudes towards death and a possible afterlife are all addressed revealing the ideas that shaped aesthetic predilections and the choice of (self - )representation.
Title: Figured Tombstones From Macedonia Fifth - First Century Bc
Author(s): Kalaitzi Myrina (Assistant Researcher Assistant Researcher National Hellenic Research Foundation)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198746454
Pages: 320 Pages, 238 Black And White Illustrations, 8-Page Colour Plates Section, And 8 Maps
Publication Date: 5/3/2016
Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology
Category: Classical Greek & Roman Archaeology
