Creta Antica  

Aldo Ausilio

Creta Antica 16

Antonella Pautasso,Oliver Pilz

Sono raccolti in questo volume i contributi presentati nel corso del seminario bilaterale italo-tedesco «?????a e?d???a. New perspectives in Cretan Coroplastic Studies (13th-7th cent. B.C.)», organizzato da Antonella Pautasso (IBAM-CNR) e Oliver Pilz (Joh... see more

Dario Palermo

Fifty years ago Giovanni Rizza, published a paper regarding the obscure personality of Daidalos, the mythological cretan artist tied with the King Minos of Knossos but also, according to the literary sources, author of statues of archaic period. This pape... see more

Katia Perna

The oldest clay votive figurines, which were found on the Patela hill, near Priniàs, date back to the LM IIIC period (1200-1070). They are, mostly, female figures with up-raised arms, traditionally interpreted as idols, but there are also bovine figures a... see more

Nicola Cucuzza

In Late Minoan IIIB the eastern part of the Minoan Villa at Kannià was rearranged in order to house some cult rooms, as testified by the recurrent assemblage of clay wheel-made statuettes of «Goddesses with Upraised Arms», snake tubes or tubular stands an... see more

Antonella Pautasso

The present paper concerns the coroplastic finds coming from the area of the central block lying on the southern slope of the Patela of Priniàs. The block, built around the middle of the 7th century B.C., is of particular interest for the uniqueness of th... see more

Andrea Babbi

At the beginning of this paper, the Protogeometric Cretan framework of the small anthropomorphic coroplastic is briefly taken into account. The number of figurines, as well as the peculiarities of the archaeological contexts, lead one reconsider the other... see more

Laura Concetta Rizzotto

This paper, which is mainly based on the data collected for the database of my PhD thesis, presents a contextual analysis of small-scale antropomorphic and zoomorphic Cretan terracotta figures and vase attachments (appliques) of the Protogeometric and Geo... see more

Oliver Pilz

The paper briefly summarizes the previous research on the manufacturing techniques of Cretan coroplastic objects of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age. In this context, the importance of studies examining the production process of terracotta figures, figu... see more

Marina Albertocchi,Silvia Martina Bertesago

The paper focuses on relationships and influences originated by Cretan coroplastic production on Western first occurences of terracotta figurines. In the first part of the paper we will analyze the value of the myth referred to Daedalus and his (presumed)... see more

Rossella Gigli Patané

We propose in this paper some preliminary remarks on the class of relief figured pithoi coming from the excavations at Priniàs. They are examined both the findings from the old excavations, only partially considered in some complexive studies on cretan pi... see more

Katja Sporn

The conference in Catania had two major implications: it made an important contribution to the study of Early Iron Age Crete and also to the study of Greek terracotta figurines in general. The organizers and hosts of this conference, Antonella Pautasso an... see more

Giovanni Rizza

Il problema delle origini della scultura greca, a somiglianza di quello della poesia greca, è connesso con un nome che talora sembra dissolversi nella nebbia del mito, talora invece sembra prendere forma e voce umane, e concretarsi nella personalità di un... see more