Search for dissertations about: "terracotta"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word terracotta.

  2. 1. The Late etruscan votive heads from Tessennano. A study of production, distribution and sociohistorical context

    Author : Martin Söderlind; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; mould circulation; terracotta sarcophagi; Roman colonization; petrographic microscopy; Late etruscan; mould generation; mould; archetype; votive head; terracotta; traveling workshops; velum; Ancient history; Antikens och forntidens historia;

    Abstract : The Late etruscan terracotta votive heads from Tessennano were found near a rural sanctuary about a hundred km to the North of Rome in 1956. Whereas the facial fronts are serially produced with moulds, the backs are handmade. READ MORE

  4. 2. Acquarossa : results of excavations conducted by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies at Rome and the Soprintendenza alle antichità dell'Etruria meridionale. Vol. 4, Early Etruscan akroteria from Acquarossa and Poggio Civitate (Murlo)

    Author : Eva Rystedt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Roof decoration; architectural terracotta; akroterion; Etruscan; Late Orientalizing; Early Archaic; Acquarossa; Poggio Civitate Murlo ;

    Abstract : Two kinds of early Etruscan akroteria - cut-out and relief-modelled - are presented and analyzed for the first time in this study. The material comes from the sites of Acquarossa and Poggio Civitate (Murlo), where it belonged to the decoration of residential architecture. READ MORE

  5. 3. A 3D Digital Approach to the Stylistic and Typo-Technological Study of Small Figurines from Ayia Irini, Cyprus

    Author : Valentina Vassallo; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cypriot archaeology; Coroplastic; Figurines; 3D shape analysis; 3D GIS; Analytical investigation; Semantics;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to develop a 3D digital approach to the stylistic and typo-technological study of coroplastic, focusing on small figurines. The case study to test the method is a sample of terracotta statuettes from an assemblage of approximately 2000 statues and figurines found at the beginning of the 20th century in a rural open-air sanctuary at Ayia Irini (Cyprus) by the archaeologists of the Swedish Cyprus Expedition. READ MORE