Tracing technoscapes : the production of Bronze Age wall paintings in the Eastern Mediterranean / edited by Johannes Becker, Johannes Jungfleisch, and Constance von Rüden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Becker, Johannes, editor.

Jungfleisch, Johannes, editor.

Rüden, Constance von, editor.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Mural painting and decoration, Ancient.

Middle East--Antiquities.

Middle East.

Antiquities.

Mediterranean Region--Antiquities.

Mediterranean Region.

Mural painting and decoration, Ancient--Middle East.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Mural painting and decoration, Ancient--Mediterranean Region.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

297 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, plans ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press [2018]

Language Note:

In English; one chapter in French.

Summary:

Colourful surface treatments form an integral element of vernacular and élite architecture of ancient societies. This is also true for the various regions of the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium B.C.E., where elaborate wall paintings furnished temples, tombs, palatial buildings, and in general more elaborate houses. From a present-day perspective, these rich images provide invaluable insights into past realities as well as interconnections between different visual systems. However, beyond stunning images, the materiality of wall paintings implicates a whole range of specific technical choices and gestures executed during the artistic process. The bodies of knowledge immanent in the practice of plaster and pigment preparation, in the application of paint and in the conception and execution of compositions allow us to compare the wall painting corpora of the Eastern Mediterranean on a technical level and to trace differences and similarities in a cross-cultural perspective.

Colourful surface treatments form an integral element of vernacular and eÌ<U+0081>lite architecture of ancient societies. This is also true for the various regions of the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium B.C.E., where elaborate wall paintings furnished temples, tombs, palatial buildings, and in general more elaborate houses. From a present-day perspective, these rich images provide invaluable insights into past realities as well as interconnections between different visual systems. However, beyond stunning images, the materiality of wall paintings implicates a whole range of specific technical choices and gestures executed during the artistic process. The bodies of knowledge immanent in the practice of plaster and pigment preparation, in the application of paint and in the conception and execution of compositions allow us to compare the wall painting corpora of the Eastern Mediterranean on a technical level and to trace differences and similarities in a cross-cultural perspective.

Contents:

Tracing Technoscapes in the Production of Eastern Mediterranean Wall Paintings, An Introduction p. 7 / Constance von Rüden and Johannes Jungfleisch and Johannes Becker

Western Asia p. 27

Wall Painting Techniques in Early Bronze Syria. Clues of Parallelism with the Traditions of the Mediterranean and Mesopotamian Regions p. 29 / Alessandro Di Ludovico and Marco Ramazzotti

Contextes techniques et historiques des peintures murales du Grand Patais Royal de Mari. Une mise au point p. 41 / Béatrice Muller

Preliminary Remarks on the Technical and Iconographical Aspects of the Middle Bronze Age Wall Paintings from Tell el-Burak (Lebanon) in Relation to the Aegean and Egypt p. 85 / Julia Bertsch

The Advantages of Visible Induced Luminescence Technique for the investigation of Aegean-style Wall Painting. A Case Study from Tel Kabri, Israel p. 101 / Ravit Linn and Eric H. Cline and Assaf Yasur-Landau

Egypt

Original Painting Techniques. Methods and Materials in 18th Dynasty Tombs, in the Valley of the Nobles, Egypt p. 119 / Bianca Madden and Hugues Tavier

Malqata - The Painted Palace p. 149 / Peter Lacovara and Alexandra Winkels

How to Paint a Landscape. Technical Perspectives on the 'Aegean'-style Landscape Paintings from Tell el-Dab'a p. 173 / Johannes Becker

For Further Information Please See the Back of the Plaster. Architectural Impressions in the 'Aegean'-style Wall Paintings from Tell el-Dab'a p. 191 / Johannes Jungfleisch

Between Common Craft Tradition and Deviation. The Making of Stucco Reliefs in the Eastern Mediterranean p. 213 / Constance von Rüden and Tobias Skowronek

The Aegean p. 233

Forming the Image. Approaches to Painting at Ayia Irini, Kea and Tell el-Dab'a p. 235 / Lyvia Morgan

The Find Contexts of Knossian Relief Wall Paintings, Some Ramifications p. 253 / Matthew Haysom

Bronze Age Wall Paintings from Thebes. Technical Aspects and State of Conservation p. 279 / Sofia Michailoglou and Maria Karoglou and Asterios Bakolas.

Notes:

"Evolved from an interdisciplinary workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna"--Page [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789088906886

9088906882

9789088906879

9088906874

OCLC:

1048332557

Publisher Number:

99980298955