The Furniture and Furnishings of Ancient Greek Houses and Tombs

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-521-76087-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 636 g

In this book, Dimitra Andrianou analyses the furniture and furnishings found in late Classical and Hellenistic houses, tombs, and inscriptions of ancient Greece. Questioning the wealth of images of furniture as portrayed on vases, she focuses on the actual remains of furniture found in houses; analyses the symbolic nature of elaborate furniture used every day and in the afterlife; discusses their types and uses in houses, tombs, and sanctuaries; and assembles their ancient vocabulary. The material evidence has been gathered from sites throughout the entire area of Greece that was ruled by the Macedonian kings and is supported by material and literary comparanda from contemporary neighbouring sites.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andrianou, Dimitra

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Klassisch (Griechisch & Römisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Historiography; 2. Furniture; 3. Furnishings; 4. Sacred furniture in treasure lists; 5. Conclusion - furniture, luxury and funerary symbolism in Macedonia.

Über Autor(innen)

Andrianou, Dimitra
Dimitra Andrianou is Researcher in Hellenistic History and Archaeology at the National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens. A recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the Leventis Foundation and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, she has excavated extensively in Greece, Cyprus, and Asia Minor.