The spirit of the time is reflected in the art and architecture of the Hellenistic period. Art now more than ever has a secular character and focuses on topics from everyday life but also from the world of Dionysus and Aphrodite, with idyllic or dramatic content. In sculpture, the realism ...
Tent-like ceilings in tombs are interpreted to be cloth canopies (baldachins) expressing the heroic status of the deceased.112Already in the Geometric period, the motif of aklineunder a baldachin decorated with a chequerboard design is known through depictions of theprothesis(funeral proce...
Furthermore, while we focus on a narrow time period in human history, and geographically well-defined contexts within a specific region, the colourants included in our work range from low-processed earth pigments to the highly processed materials lead white and Egyptian blue, to the organic ...
Apparent in all cases is the delicate balance needed over time so that the lagoon’s ecosystem, its form, and interrelationship to land, seas, and rivers, might be maintained. The Salpi Lagoon, while not subject to progradation in the Holocene period [73], was rather influenced by its ...
The Hellenistic Age (Era, Period) of Philosophy, from around 300 BCE to 200 CE, was a period of time when there were many private schools of philosophy in the Mediterranean cities and towns, and when Greek culture was a strong political, commercial, and intellectual force. The Koine Greek ...