After a critical review of the linguistical methodological tools that are at our disposal for an integrated and multidisciplinary approach to studying the ancient world and sacred places, this paper ...will focus on two marginal areas of pre-Roman Italy: the Alpine area in the north and Apulia in the south. The methodological approach employed includes anthropological and ethnographic aspects of pilgrimage (Turner 1978; Coleman, Eade 2004; Le Breton 2012; Häussler, Chiai 2020), the Landscape Linguistics by Ron Scollon (2006), the theory of context developed by the linguist Eugenio Coseriu and the frame semantics by Charles J. Fillmore 1976. Finally, the anthropology of writing, mainly outlined by Giorgio Raimondo Cardona (1981, 1986) and by the French anthropologist Béatrice Fraenkel (2006, 2007), is used to identify different kinds of pilgrimage and understand similarities between ancient pilgrimage sites and modern memorials.
Si les Germaniques sont venus en grand nombre visiter la France entre le XVe et le XVIIe siècle, certains ont particulièrement apprécié ses édifices antiques, médiévaux et modernes comme en ...témoignent leurs journaux ou relations de voyage. Quelques-uns ont rédigé des Itinéraires ou Délices, consacrés en grande partie à la France, qui signalent les plus remarquables bâtiments, tels le géographe Matthias Quadt en 1603 (Deliciæ Galliæ sive Itinerarium per universam Galliam), le juriste Paul Hentzner en 1618 (Itinerarium Germaniæ, Galliæ, Angliæ, Italiæ). L’Ulysses belgico-gallicus (1631) d’Abraham Gölnitz qui voyagea en France de 1624 à 1626, eut un succès européen et fut rapidement imité. Dans la seconde moitié du XVIIe siècle les étrangers d’Europe du Nord recoururent volontiers à la Topographia Galliæ publiée à Francfort à partir de 1655 par Caspar Merian. Quelle fut leur influence réelle sur la réception de l’architecture française ?
Although many Germans visited France between the 15th and 17th centuries, some particularly appreciated its ancient, medieval and modern buildings, as revealed by their travel journals and accounts. Some wrote Itinéraires or Délices, devoted chiefly to France, which single out the most remarkable buildings, such as geographer Matthias Quadt in 1603 (Deliciæ Galliæ sive Itinerarium per universam Galliam) and the lawyer Paul Hentzner in 1618 (Itinerarium Germaniæ, Galliæ, Angliæ, Italiæ). Ulysses belgico-gallicus (1631) by Abraham Gölnitz, who travelled around France between 1624 and 1626, was a success in Europe and was rapidly imitated. In the second half of the 17th century, foreigners from northern Europe readily used the Topographia Galliæ published in Frankfurt in 1655 by Caspar Merian. What influence did they have on how French architecture was received?
Paolo Giovio’s Elogi degli uomini illustri is a good example of that actualizing use of the past, especially of the ancient one, typical of the early modern age. Through the use of the ancient ...historiography, both Greek and Latin, skilfully reworked in its own way, and with the mediation of image, the comasco humanist presents the two founders of Rome, Romulus the warrior-king and Numa Pompilius the priest-king, as archetypical figure as well as models from which to draw for useful lessons to bring the city back to the centre of the international political scene
Paolo Giovio’s Elogi degli uomini illustri is a good example of that actualizing use of the past, especially of the ancient one, typical of the early modern age. Through the use of the ancient ...historiography, both Greek and Latin, skilfully reworked in its own way, and with the mediation of image, the comasco humanist presents the two founders of Rome, Romulus the warrior-king and Numa Pompilius the priest-king, as archetypical figures as well as models from which to draw for useful lessons to bring the city back to the centre of the international political scene.
El libro quinto de las Antigüedades romanas presenta una unidad asegurada por la presencia de las intervenciones del autor y de los conceptos que caracterizan su pensamiento historiográfico. Esto ...puede observarse principalmente en las escenas de mayor elaboración, en las que Dionisio hace un uso sistemático de esos recursos, alejándose de la tradición analística y dando a los acontecimientos su perspectiva personal.
New studies on the interaction of various media in ancient Greek art This collection includes twenty-one new essays by leading scholars in the field of Greek art and archaeology. Exploring a range of ...media including vase painting, sculpture, gems and coins, they each address questions that cross the boundaries of specialised fields. They outline the range of visual experiences at stake in the various media used in antiquity and shed light on the specificities of each medium. They show how meaning is produced, according to the nature of the medium: its use, context and enunciative structure. Also explored are the different methodologies used to produce meaning: how do images 'make', or create, sense to their ancient viewers and how can we now access those meanings? This richly illustrated volume offers new interpretations and arguments concerning fundamental questions in the field which expands our knowledge and understanding of Greek art, patrons and viewers.
Cities, Monuments and Objects in the Roman and Byzantine Levant celebrates Gabriel Mazor and his lifetime of work at the monumental city of Nysa-Scythopolis, Bet Sheʼan Baysān. This metropolis, part ...of the storied Decapolis, or league of ten cities, that flourished during the Hellenistic, Roman-Byzantine and very early Islamic periods until the devastating earthquake of AD 748, has been the singular focus of Gabi Mazor for a generation. The excavations, conservation and reconstruction at the site, and the detailed publications all are deserving of praise and appreciation.Chapters by leading archaeologists in Israel and the Levant explore themes and sites, in most cases by the chief archaeologists themselves, providing the latest information and insights about cities and villages from the Hellenistic to early Islamic periods across the region. This rare assemblage of scholars offers new material and interpretations of many of the key archaeological sites active today. The result is a rich trove of up-to-date data and insights that will be a must read for scholars and students active in this part of the ancient Mediterranean world.
Bathing culture was one of the pillars of Roman society and bathhouses are one of the largest categories of a particular type of construction excavated in the Roman world. The large number of ...surviving remains and their regional variety make bathhouses vital for the study of the local societies in the Roman-Byzantine period. This book presents the archaeological evidence of close to 200 Roman-style bathhouses from the region of Iudaea/Syria-Palaestina and Provincia Arabia, part of the provinces of the Roman East, constructed from the reign of Herod the Great (second half of the 1st century BCE) to the end of the Umayyad rule (mid-8th century CE). The bathing complexes of the Roman, Byzantine, and the Early Islamic periods, ranging from large public thermae to small bathing suites, are for the first time analyzed as unified data with an unprecedented amount of detail, considering a variety of parameters – from dating and setting, through building techniques and materials, to plans and decorations. Typologies of the bathhouses and their components are supplemented by exploration of the socio-cultural insight provided by this particular type of construction. The historical narrative of the regional bathing facilities is updated in the light of new information. The full raw data used for the study is provided in the expandable open-access online database.
Presenting dynamic research, this publication explores two
millennia of cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and
Rome. From Mycenaean weaponry found among the cargo of a
Bronze Age shipwreck ...off the Turkish coast to the Egyptian-inspired
domestic interiors of a luxury villa built in Greece during the
Roman Empire, Egypt and the Classical World documents two
millennia of cultural and artistic interconnectedness in the
ancient Mediterranean. This volume gathers pioneering research from
the Getty scholars' symposium that helped shape the major
international loan exhibition Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the
Classical World (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018). Generously
illustrated essays consider a range of artistic and other material
evidence, including archaeological finds, artworks, papyri, and
inscriptions, to shed light on cultural interactions between Egypt,
Greece, and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Late Period and
Ptolemaic dynasty to the Roman Empire. The military's role as a
conduit of knowledge and ideas in the Bronze Age Aegean, and an
in-depth study of hieroglyphic Egyptian inscriptions found on Roman
obelisks offer but two examples of scholarly lacunae addressed by
this publication. Specialists across the fields of art history,
archaeology, Classics, Egyptology, and philology will benefit from
the volume's investigations into syncretic processes that enlivened
and informed nearly twenty-five hundred years of dynamic cultural
exchange. The free online edition of this open-access publication
is available at www.getty.edu/publications/egypt-classical-world/
and includes zoomable, high-resolution photography. Also available
are free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book.
Macedonia is a region that provides its own intriguing questions due to its position on the fringe of the classical Greek world. It is also an area which is of special interest to students of history ...and archaeology of Roman period Greece since it was the first to be incorporated in the Roman state. Macedonia shared a similar path of development with Achaea during the imperial period. As provinces far from productive zones and frontiers, both played a minor role in the imperial administrative structure. Beneath this similarity, however, lie many differences: in Macedonia's proximity to the Balkans, its early contact with Rome, its relatively low level of urbanization, its multicultural context and its sizeable economy, which played their own role in the formation of the urban and rural environments.With a focus on elements of the built environment and human habitat, this book examines old and new archaeological evidence to present a concise overview of the archaeology of the area and develop a better perception of the region in terms of archaeology of the built environment, architecture and architectural influences, urbanization and use of land and resources from the 2nd century BCE to the early 4th century CE. Driven by a set of key questions that are addressed through the archaeological evidence, the book explores key issues in understanding the archaeology of the area, like the role of architectural tradition and innovation, the interdependency between practical bases of architecture and socio-cultural aspects, the exploitation of local resources, and the role of external influences. Special importance is given to the interaction of Greek, Roman and local cultures and the ways that the formation of the built environment eventually led to the assimilation of ideas from East and West in terms of workmanship, use of materials, design and function.
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