Art and religion in Thera : reconstructing a Bronze Age society
1984, First Edition. Athens : D. & I. Mathioulakis. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476721
ISBN: 9607310276
Physical description; 128 pages, 3 folded leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm. Notes; Date conjectural. Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-128). Contents; Introduction : aims and methodology – The settlement and its significance – Architectural arrangements – The shrines – The Mesopotamian Temple State – Priesthood and nobility – Relations with Crete – The destruction of Akrotiri – The role of wall-paintings in the Bronze Age – Pictorial programmes : the West House – Public festivals on Theran frescoes – Initiation, vegetation and sacrifice : the Adyton Fresco of Xeste 3 – Landscape scenes – Dressing the priestess : the Frescoes of the Ladies – Reconstruction of the ritual – Animals and humans : The Antelopes, Boxing and Children and Monkey frescoes – The Antelopes and Boxing Children, Monkey frescoes – Conclusions – The themes of the frescoes and pictorial formulae – The meaning of pictorial motifs – The order of society and the order of nature – Bibliography. Subjects; Mural painting and decoration, Minoan – Greece – Santorini Island. Art and religion – Greece – Santorini Island. Bronze age – Greece – Santorini Island. Akrotiri (Santorini Island, Greece) – Antiquities. Santorini Island (Greece) – Antiquities. Santorini Island (Greece) – Religious life and customs. Greece – Religion.
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