Autore: Chiara Tarditi
Anno edizione: 2016
Collana: Thiasos Monografie, 7
Isbn: 978-88-7140-717-3; Issn 2281-8774
e-Isbn: 978-88-7140-718-0
Materie: Archeologia
Formato: 21x29,7
Pagine: 414
Lingua: Inglese
"Few years ago, when I was still Director of the National Archaeological Museum, I granted Ms Chiara Tarditi permission to study and eventually publish the bronze vases from the Acropolis of Athens, not only those exhibited in the Museum but also those in storage.
It was thus a great joy to see the manuscript of a full book entitled Bronze Vessels from the Acropolis. Style and Decoration in Athenian Production between the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BC. I was impressed by the systematic way the author dealt with a material which at first sight seems “unimpressive” since it mainly consists of fragments. Starting from epigraphic and literary testimony and subsequently examining technical and stylistic matters, Ms Tarditi manages to present an integral picture of ancient Athenian metalwork as well as its position among the workshops of other cities during the Archaic and Classical periods. The conclusion that Attic works were diffused in sanctuaries other than the Acropolis, such as those of Olympia, Dodona and Perachora, and also in more distant areas like Italy and the Black Sea, albeit on a smaller scale, betrays Ms Tarditi’s methodical, exhaustive and in-depth research.
I am indeed greatly pleased to see material from the National Museum published in such a thorough study, the result of the author’s hard and painstaking work. I believe that its contribution in the field of Attic but also of ancient Greek metalwork in general is great and I sincerely wish that the author, whom I now consider as an expert in the field, will present us with other similar works in the future." (from Introduction)
Sommario:
N. Kaltzas, Foreword Introduction
1. Bronze vessel fragments from the Acropolis: literary sources, history of studies, contexts
1.1. Epigraphic and literary sources
1.2. History of research and studies
1.3. Possible contexts of origin of the fragments: the excavations on the Acropolis
2. The materials
2.1. Selection criteria
2.2. Quantitative data
2.3 Processing techniques
3. Catalogue
3.1. Scheme of the classification
3.2. Catalogue
4. Formal and stylistic analysis
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Chronology
4.3. Analysis of the pieces from the Acropolis
5. Athenian production
5.1. Previous attributions
5.2. The material from the Acropolis and new attributions
5.3. Shapes, types, variants
5.4. Decoration
5.5. Distribution area
5.6. Chronology
6. Objects from the Acropolis attributed to other production areas
7. Conclusions
Appendices
1. Index of inventory numbers
2. Pieces of Athenian production from the Acropolis
3. Pieces of Athenian production from Athens and Attica
4. Pieces of Athenian production from other areas.
Bibliography
Index
