Hellenistic and Roman terracottas / / edited by Giorgos Papantoniou, Demetrios Michaelides, Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou.

• TeilnehmendeR: Papantoniou, Giorgos,; Michaēlidēs, Dēmētrēs,; Dikomitou-Eliadou, Maria,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Monumenta Graeca et Romana 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (451 pages).
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright page --; Preface and Acknowledgments /; Note from the Series Editor --; Figures and Tables --; Notes on Contributors --; Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas: An Introduction /; Cyprus --; Terracottas in a Domestic Context: The Case of the House of Orpheus in Nea Paphos, Cyprus /; Hellenistic Terracottas and Limestone Sculptures in Cypriot Sanctuaries: On the Search for Types and Votive Habits /; The Terracottas from the Kitian Sanctuary of Artemis Paralia: A Snapshot /; Terracotta Figurines of Hellenistic Arsinoe and Environs /; Hellenistic Terracottas: The Evidence from Ancient Arsinoe /; About Aphrodite and Eros at Amathous: Terracotta and Sculpture /; Underneath the Veil: Terracotta Figurines from the Amathous Eastern Necropolis /; Contemplating Issues of Historical Continuity: The Case of the Figurines from Erimi-Bamboula, Cyprus /; Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas in the Cypriot Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: Contexts, Iconography, Meaning and Mediterranean Connections /; Greece and Asia Minor --; Theriomorphic Figures in Hellenistic and Roman Arcadia: Nostalgia and Ritual /; Production of Terracotta Figurines in the Hellenistic Period at the Ancient City of Pherai, Thessaly /; Some New Insights into the Materials Used for the Decoration of Hellenistic Terracotta Figurines in the Pherai Workshops, Greece /; A Group of Terracotta Ex-Voto Figurines from Amarynthos, Euboea: A Case Study in Sanctuary Deposition Practices /; Greek Terracotta Dolls: Between the Domestic and the Religious Sphere /; Terracotta Veiled Women: A Symbol of Transition from Nymphe to Gyne /; The Soft Youth in Boeotian Coroplasty /; “Visiting Gods” Revisited. Aphrodite Visiting Artemis, or Bride? /; Aphrodite, Coming of Age and Marriage: Contextualisation and Reconsideration of the Nude Young Women Kneeling in a Shell /; Terracottas from Pergamon’s Residential Area: Comments regarding Chronology and Relations to Other Sites /; Italy --; Production and Consumption of Terracottas: A Case Study at Metapontion in Southern Italy /; Coroplastics from the House of Marcus Fabius Rufus in Pompeii: Archaeological Artefacts from a Sacred Place /; Clay Togati (Men Wearing a Tunic and Holding a Scroll) from Harbour and River Towns: Some Hypotheses Regarding Their Occurrence and Meaning /; North Africa --; Sacred and Funeral Terracotta Figurines in Africa Proconsularis, Numidia and Mauretania Caesariensis between the First and Third Centuries CE /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004384839
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Giorgos Papantoniou, Demetrios Michaelides, Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou.

Edited by G. Papantoniou, D. Michaelides and M. Dikomitou-Eliadou, Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas is a collection of 29 chapters with an introduction presenting diverse and innovative approaches (archaeological, stylistic, iconographic, functional, contextual, digital, and physicochemical) in the study of ancient terracottas across the Mediterranean and the Near East, from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. The 34 authors advocate collectively the significance of a holistic approach to the study of coroplastic art, which considers terracottas not simply as works of art but, most importantly, as integral components of ancient material culture. The volume will prove to be an invaluable companion to all those interested in ancient terracottas and their associated iconography and technology, as well as in ancient artefacts and classical archaeology in general.