Proceedings of the XXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes: Resource, recunstruction, representation, role

by: Baas, P.

Bronzes in the ancient world – from over-lifesize sculptures to small-scale utilitarian objects – were an omnipresent and integral part of everyday public and private life. Bronze was also a valuable resource. From a scientific point of view, recent decades have seen new methods of analysis to reconstruct the production processes of ancient bronzes. At the same time, research on ancient bronze sculpture continues to rely on art historical theories and methodologies in discussions of style and chronology. Irrespective of the nature of the object – be it sculpture, tool, or weapon – role and function must be studied in conjunction with the archaeological context with which the objects were once associated. The proceedings of the XXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes address these key topics, bringing together experts from different backgrounds to investigate further the developing studies in the field of ancient bronzes.

AUTHOR
Philipp Baas studied Classical Archaeology and History in Bochum, Rome and Göttingen. He finished his PhD on rural Roman Sicily in 2013. Since then he has worked at museums and universities in Göttingen, Kassel and Tübingen. His research focuses on Roman settlement patterns, Hellenistic and Roman art, and the reception of classical art.

Contributors: Stefania Agnoletti, Cristina-Georgeta Alexandrescu, Emilia Banou, Nova Barrero Martín, Giulia Bison, Maryse Blet-Lemarquand, Margherita Bolla, Annalena Brini, Nicola Bruni, Andrea Cagnini, Marina Castoldi, Paul Craddock, Kosmas A. Dafas, Sophie Decamps-Lequime, Fabiano Fiorello Di Bella, Daphni Doepner, Fabio Fazzini, Norbert Franken, Nicoletta Frapiccini, Stamatis A. Fritzilas, Johanna Fuchs, Monica Galeotti, Alessandra Giumlia-Mair, Nadezda Gulyaeva, Nino Kalandadze, Philip Kiernan, Gunvor Lindström, Rossella Luciano, Jeffrey Maish, Cristina Isabel Mena Méndez, Benoît Mille, Manuela Mirschenz, Francesca Morandini, Giulia Morpurgo, José María Murciano Calles, Trinidad Nogales Basarrate, Rachel Nouet, Vana Orfanou, Omid Oudbashi, Ilyas Özşen, Silvia Pacifico, Aikaterini Panagopoulou, András Patay-Horváth, Anna Patera, John Pollini, Simone Porcinai, Nancy Psalti, Eva Riediker-Liechti, Rafael Sabio González, David Saunders, Roland Schwab, Beat Schweizer, Zetta Theodoropoulou Polychroniadis, Mikhail T reister, Antonia Tzortzatou, Maciej Wacławik, Marc Walton, Joachim Weidig, Jean-Marie Welter, Frank Willer, Gerhard Zimmer

REVIEW
?This volume contains the very latest news on classical bronzes. Since 1970, International Bronze Congresses have been the major forum for disclosing current research on the bronzes of the ancient world. The Proceedings of the 20th Congress (Tübingen, 2018) contain 40 papers about recent discoveries, new approaches, and developing ideas, presented by international scholars with varied approaches to archaeology, art history, technology, and conservation. Topics range from belt-buckles to statues, from inscriptions to helmets, from ancient repairs to recycled metals, from iconography to tomography, from Greece to Luristan, and from the Bronze Age to the Late Roman period.? Carol C. Mattusch, George Mason University emerita

Contents
Preface............................................................................................................................................................................. viii
Carol C. Mattusch
Vorwort ............................................................................................................................................................................. ix
Philipp Baas
Part I. Reconstruction
1. Innovation and Tradition – Greek Bronzecasting Workshops ..................................................................................3
Gerhard Zimmer
2. Casting large statuary in Classical Antiquity: Thoughts from India and Egypt ...................................................13
Paul Craddock
3. Past and Recent Metal Analyses of the Germanicus Statue from Amelia ..............................................................25
Alessandra Giumlia-Mair, John Pollini
4. The Brescia Winged Victory: Ongoing Diagnostic Work, Conservation Treatment and Restoration.................35
Francesca Morandini, Stefania Agnoletti, Annalena Brini, Andrea Cagnini, Monica Galeotti, Anna Patera,
Simone Porcinai
5. Projet d?une nouvelle étude technologique de l?Aurige de Delphes: les premiers résultats .................................45
Sophie Descamps-Lequime, Benoît Mille, Nancy Psalti
6. The Bronze Antikythera Ephebe Revisited: Technical Features and Casting Technique.....................................57
Kosmas A. Dafas
7. Bronze Cast on Decorated Iron Sheets. An Unusual Manufacturing Technique in Iron Age Italy......................67
Joachim Weidig, Nicola Bruni, Fabio Fazzini
8. Artful illumination: Technical study of four Hellenistic bronze lamps from the eastern Black Sea site
of Vani ...............................................................................................................................................................................75
Jeffrey Maish, David Saunders, Nino Kalandadze, Marc Walton
9. Corinthian Helmets in the Hermitage Museum........................................................................................................87
Nadezda Gulyaeva
10. A New Look at an Old Technology: Insights into the Metallurgy of Tin Bronze during the Iron Age of
Luristan.............................................................................................................................................................................91
Omid Oudbashi
11. Drahtziehen in der Bronzezeit? Zu den drei Ziehbronzen aus dem Hort von Isleham, Cambridgeshire .......101
Ilyas Özşen
12. Bronze Circulation in the Aegean in the 2nd millennium BC: Technological Investigations of Bronze
Finds from the Minoan Peak Sanctuary at Ayios Yeoryios sto Vouno, Kythera ......................................................107
Emilia Banou, Aikaterini Panagopoulou
13. La Tomba Principesca di Roscigno: Greci e indigeni nelle élites dell?Italia Meridionale.................................117
Silvia Pacifico, Rossella Luciano
14. Authepsa: A Singular Brass Container from Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain). History and
Interpretation of the Object..........................................................................................................................................125
Rafael Sabio González, Cristina Isabel Mena Méndez
15. Technology Matters: The Kal-e Chendar Bronze Statuary from the Seleucid to the Parthian Periods..........131
Gunvor Lindström
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Part II. Resource
16. How the Greeks manipulated the composition of their bronze coins. Case studies...........................................145
Maryse Blet-Lemarquand
17. Corinthian bronze: was it just wrought high-tin bronze?....................................................................................155
Jean-Marie Welter
18. Fragments of large-scale bronze statues in context of so-called scrap metal deposits in Dacia and
Moesia Inferior...............................................................................................................................................................165
Cristina-Georgeta Alexandrescu
19. Roman bronze vessels with signs of repair from Sarmatia ..................................................................................177
Mikhail Treister
20. Recycling Economy in the Production of Roman Bronze Statues from the Limes Region. Results of the
Research Project „Roman Bronze Statues from the UNESCO World Heritage Limes”........................................189
Frank Willer, Roland Schwab, Manuela Mirschenz
Part III. Representation
21. Tre bronzi greci da Porticello (Reggio Calabria)..................................................................................................201
Fabiano Fiorello Di Bella
22. Roman Bronzes of Augusta Emerita (Hispania). Representation: Iconography and Models..........................211
Trinidad Nogales Basarrate, José María Murciano Calles
23. Who was in Charge of Fastening Bronze Statues on their Bases? A Case Study of Two Classical-Group
Bases from Delphi ..........................................................................................................................................................223
Rachel Nouet
24. Scharnier, Tülle oder Zapfen. Beobachtungen an hellenistischen Bronzelampen mit Statuettendekor..........237
Norbert Franken
25. Iconografie “funerarie” nella piccola plastica bronzea romana..........................................................................247
Margherita Bolla
26. Small Objects, Multiple Perspectives: The Case of the Genius of Grumentum ................................................257
Giulia Bison
27. From the Roman noblemen to the European connoisseurs: the “Paramythia bronzes” and the allure of
the Antique......................................................................................................................................................................265
Antonia Tzortzatou
28. Collecting Bronzes in an Early Twentieth-century American Museum of Natural Science and
Anthropology..................................................................................................................................................................275
Philip Kiernan
Part IV. Role
29. Geometric Bronze Animal Figurines at Olympia – Who Dedicated What and Why? ......................................287
András Patay-Horváth
30. Bronzegefäße von Olympia: Ritual und Repräsentation, Statusänderung und Deponierung .........................299
Beat Schweizer
31. Pinakes, Waffen und Statuen – Zur öffentlichen Präsentation von Bronzen am Außenbau griechischer
Peripteraltempel.............................................................................................................................................................307
Daphni Doepner
32. A bronze foundry of Classical times in the sanctuary at Kalapodi (Central Greece)........................................319
Johanna Fuchs
33. Copper-based offerings from the sanctuaries of Poseidon and Athena at Sounion, Attica: typological and
analytical investigation..................................................................................................................................................331
Zetta Theodoropoulou Polychroniadis, Vana Orfanou
34. Bronzes of Arcadian Orchomenos: A Review of Old and New Finds..................................................................345
Stamatis A. Fritzilas
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35. Paphian obstacles to powerful Death. A set of surgical tools found in the Agora of Paphos............................359
Maciej Wacławik
36. About Löwenkannen: La Löwenkanne del Museo Archeologico di Verona.......................................................367
Marina Castoldi
37. Bronze Vessels from the Etruscan Necropolises of Bologna (540 – 350 BC): Preliminary Notes.....................373
Giulia Morpurgo
38. The Kegs from the “Celtic” Graves of Santa Paolina di Filottrano. Misadventures and
misunderstandings.........................................................................................................................................................381
Nicoletta Frapiccini
39. Bronzeobjekte aus der römischen Garküche auf dem Monte Iato (PA).............................................................389
Eva Riediker-Liechti
40. Roman bronzes of Augusta Emerita (Spain). A functional approach..................................................................397
Nova Barrero Martín, Rafael Sabio Ganzález
Previous International Bronze Congresses and Publications....................................................................................405

Proceedings of the XXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes: Resource, recunstruction, representation, role

by: Baas, P.

• ISBN-13: 9781407355894 / 978-1-4073-5589-4
• ISBN-03: 1407355899 / 1-4073-5589-9
• Bar Publishing, Oxford, 2019