Greek Art in Context : Archaeological and Art Historical Perspectives

by: Rodriguez Perez, D.

Book Description
This volume gathers together selected contributions which were originally presented at the conference ?Greek Art in Context? at the University of Edinburgh in 2014. Its aim is to introduce the reader to the broad and multifaceted notion of context in relation to Greek art and, more specifically, to its relevance for the study of Greek sculpture and pottery from the Archaic to the Late Classical periods. What do we mean by ?context?? In which ways and under what circumstances does context become relevant for the interpretation of Greek material culture? Which contexts should we look at – viewing context, political, social and religious discourse, artistic tradition . . .? What happens when there is no context? These are some of the questions that this volume aims to answer.

The chapters included cover current approaches to the study of Greek sculpture and pottery in which the notion of ?context? plays a prominent role, offering new ways of looking at familiar issues. It gathers leading scholars and early career researchers from different backgrounds and research traditions with the aim of presenting new insights into archaeological and art historical research. Their chapters contribute to showcase the vitality of the discipline and will serve to stimulate new directions for the study of Greek art.

Table of Contents
List of Figures

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introductory Notes: Contextualizing Context

Diana Rodríguez Pérez

Part One – Location and the Find-spot

Statues as Artifacts: Towards an Archaeology of Greek Sculpture

Sheila Dillon and Tim Shea

Itinerant Statues? The Portrait Landscape of the Athenian Agora

Elizabeth Baltes

New Perspectives in the Study of Pottery Assemblages from Settlements and their Cemeteries in Central Macedonia during the Archaic Period.

Eleni Manakidou

Part Two – Experiencing Material Culture

Seeing the Parthenon Frieze: Notes from Nashville

Rebecca Levitan and Bonna Wescoat

Lost in Translation? Theoretical Implications of Considering Iconography in Context

Winfred van de Put

Volitional Reconsumption: Repetitive Vase Scenes in a Psychophysiological Context

Katerina Volioti

Reviewing Space, Context and Meaning: The Eurymedon Vase Again

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Part Three – Historical and Artistic Contexts

Context of Contest: Athena, Poseidon and the Martyria in the West Pediment of the Parthenon

Marion Meyer

The Stoa of the Herms in Context: (Re)shaping Paradigms

Matteo Zaccarini

Not quite Pheidias. Status and Labour Specialisation in Athenian Sculpture

Helle Hochscheid

(Un)identifying Helen and Paris in Late Fifth Century BCA Athenian Vase Painting: How Context is Crucial

Samantha Masters and Alexander Andrason

Is there a Context Behind the Context? A Group of Apulian Red-Figure Vases in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Frank Hildebrandt

Part Four – Re-contextualization

Contexts of Use of Fourth Century Attic Pottery in the Iberian Peninsula

Carmen Sánchez Fernández

The Reception of an Attic Prize Vessel. On the Import and Local Production of Amphorae of Panathenaic Shape in Southern Italy.

Stine Schierup

Greek Images and Local Identities in Lycia: The Case of the Heroon from Trysa

Alice Landskron

Ancient Art in a Museum Context: The Kent Collection of Greek and Cypriot Pottery in Harrogate

Sally Waite

List of References

Index

Greek Art in Context : Archaeological and Art Historical Perspectives

by: Rodriguez Perez, D.

• ISBN-13: 9780367595081 / 978-0-367-59508-1
• ISBN-03: 0367595087 / 0-367-59508-7
• Routledge, London, 2020