Reading Ancient Objects Inside Out: Greek Figure-Decorated Pottery in Portugal
Edited by Rui Morais Edited by Delfim Leão Edited by Maria de Fátima Silva Edited by Daniela Ferreira Edited by David Wallace-Hare
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(December 2024)
ISBN: 9781803278612
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Collected papers examine ancient Greek vases in Portugal through two approaches: scripta explores mythological, literary, and cultural themes, while eikon provides an iconographic analysis. The study includes vases from Myths, Gods and Heroes and others of historical importance, including non-figurative examples.
Reading Ancient Objects Inside Out adopts two complementary approaches to advance the study of ancient Greek vases: a philological view, scripta, and an iconographic view, eikon, the latter comprising two parts, one dealing with the figurative vases already included in the catalogue Myths, Gods and Heroes. Greek Vases in Portugal / Mitos, Deuses e Herois. Vasos gregos em Portugal, and another covering vases that are not included in this work, but which due to their historical and archaeological importance have been considered here, including those without figural motifs. The first part, scripta, brings together seven collaborations in which an essentially mythological, literary and cultural perspective is explored, suggested by the motifs represented on the vases that make up this project. The second part, eikon, additionally includes the iconographic study of some vases made possible thanks to the contributions of various specialists.
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Foreword
Part I: SCRIPTA
Reflections of Theatre in Vase-paintings: an Overview of their Variety – Oliver Taplin
The representations of subalternities and asymmetries: theory and practice for the intersectional analysis of Greek vase paintings in Portugal – Brian Kibuuka
Epic stories in black and red.Narrative techniques and authorial voice in four Attic black-figure vases in Portugal (ABF 02, 03, and 17) – Carlos A. Martins de Jesus
Heracles, the portrait of the hero in literature and plastic arts.Some testimonies – Maria de Fátima Silva
Sphinxes, Sirens, Satyrs, Tritons, and Gorgons: Representations of hybrid beings on Greek vases in Portugal – Nuno Simões Rodrigues
Animals on Greek vases from Portugal – Carmen Morenillla Talens
Men and Women at the Symposium: Insights from Greek Vases in Portugal – Delfim Leão
Part II: EIKON (Section One
Beauty and the Beast Sphinxes on Corinthian Alabastra and Aryballoi – Marcel Danner
“Riders in the Sky”.The motive of the Dioskuroi on Attic Red-Figure column craters and the Cavalry of youths on the Parthenon frieze – Rui Morais, Matthias Steinhart, Giada Giudice and Elvia Giudice
Iconographic observations on the Attic Lekythos with Relief Decoration from a private collection in Porto – Elvia Giudice
Herakles and the Cretan Bull in South Italian Vase-Painting – Alan Shapiroii
Greek vase productions and the changing iconography.A brief overview focusing on Greek vases from Portuguese museums and collections – Frank Hildebrandt
From lions to fish. On Animals and Greek Vases – Matthias Steinhart
Apollo, Dionysos and the Power of Music – Florian Leitmeir
The male bathing and the bride’s toilette in two Greek vases preserved in Portuguese collections – David Vendrell Cabanillas
From Excavation to Iconography: An In-Depth Analysis of Red-Figure Bell Kraters in Portugal – Daniela Filipa de Freitas Ferreira
On spatial paintings – Dominik Lengyel & Catherine Toulouse
Part III: EIKON (Section Two – New Vases
Payne’s in Porto. Three Greek Vases from the Collection of a great Archaeologist – Matthias Steinhart
News about a white-ground floral lekythos from the Athenian Agora – Jesús Salas Álvarez & Rui Morais
An unpublished lekythos attributed to the Group of London E 614 in Portugal – David Vendrell Cabanillas
A “Chalcidian” Neck-Amphora by the Group of the Phineus cup in Portugal – Mario Iozzo and Rui Morais
“One of the most competent collectors”: Louis-Gabriel Bellon Gnathian Krateriskos from the Group of the Painter of Zurich 2692 – Louise Detrez, Rui Morais, & Francesca Pesce
Bibliography
Catalogue
Geometric-Attic
Geometric – Boeotia
Italic- Geometric
Corinthian
Etrusco-Corinthian
Eastern Greece
Attic Black-Figure
Attic Red-Figure
Attic White Ground
Etruscan Black-Figure
Etruscan Red-Figure
Bucchero E Impasto Nero
Lucanian Red-Figure
Apulian Red-Figure
Paestum Red-Figure
Campanian Red-Figure
Apulian – Xenon
Campanian – Teano
Apulian Black Glaze
Campanian Black Glazed
Northern Italic Black Glaze
Gnathia
Canosa
Daunia
Miscellaneous
Plates
Rui Morais has a degree in history (with archaeology) from the University of Coimbra, an MA in urban archaeology, and a PhD in archaeology, technology, and materials from the University of Minho. He was a professor at Minho University and is currently an Associate Professor with aggregation at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto. In his research, he has dedicated special attention to the study of trade in antiquity and Classical Art. Delfim Leao is Full Professor at the Institute of Classical Studies and researcher at the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies at the University of Coimbra. His main areas of scientific interest are Ancient History, Law and Political Theory of the Greeks, Theatrical Pragmatics, and the Ancient Novel. He also has a deep interest in Open Science and Scholarly Communication. He has published around 200 works in international journals, books and book chapters. Maria de Fatima Silva is Jubilee Professor of Classical Studies at FLUC. Research focused on Greek studies, particularly, theatre, historiography, and scientific treaties. More recently, she has dedicated to reception studies. Author of numerous translations and studies on the areas mentioned above. Close contact with centres of excellence, notably in Athens and Oxford. Distinguished with the International Research Prize, awarded by the FLUC, on its first edition. Daniela Ferreira is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto and a researcher at the CITCEM – Center for Transdisciplinary Research Culture, Space and Memory. She holds a PhD in History and Archaeology (University Complutense of Madrid – Spain) with a focus on Greek archaeological heritage in the Iberian Peninsula. She has authored and co-authored several books and articles on a broad range of archaeological topics, including ancient Greek history and pottery, intangible cultural heritage and Latin epigraphy. David Wallace-Hare is a Postdoctoral Research Associate on project MEMBRA (Understanding Memory of Treescapes for Better Resilience & Adaptation) based at the University of Exeter. An environmental historian, he holds a PhD in Classics from the University of Toronto with a focus on the connection between votive dedications and economic activities in Gaul and the Iberian Peninsula. He is an experienced charity marketer and fundraiser, and currently sits as the Chair of the Society for Classical Studies Fundraising Committee.
- Edited by Rui Morais
- Edited by Delfim Leão
- Edited by Maria de Fátima Silva
- Edited by Daniela Ferreira
- Edited by David Wallace-Hare
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