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In the latter half of the 18th century, Johannes Wiedewelt (1731-1802) played a pivotal role in introducing an early form of Neoclassicism in Danish sculpture, by creating a large number of monuments for many different purposes. In the 17505 he studied in Paris and Rome, where he became part of an international network of pioneer-ing artists and scholars (e.g: J J Winckelmann). In Denmark Wiedewelt endeavoured to translate the ancient idiom in statuary and monuments into an "eternal", national monument style, which still appears surprisingly modern. The volume contains twelve interdisciplinary articles. The authors aim at reassess-ing Wiedewelt's role in the service of art, art theory, academic education, design, etc. Special emphasis is placed on his persistent studies on Classical Antiquity and Danish Prehistoric and Medieval monuments, which make him particularly interesting for the history of archaeology, also seen from an international perspective.

Addressing topics of production and distribution, iconography, regional studies, and museum collections, this volume sheds new and important light on perspectives in the fields of ancient pottery studies. The articles, substantial and well-illustrated, cover a wide span of time from the Geometric period and into the Roman period, including new results and material from excavations as well as new methodological approaches. The range of vessels and their varieties discussed include Campana A pottery from the southern Levant and the Black Sea areas; Oinotrian-Euboian pottery in a sanctuary context in Timpone della Motta near Sybaris in the Middle to Late Geometric periods; Early Proto Corinthian aryballos in the western Mediterranean; Greek imported and local pottery from the earliest times in Crotone's history; iconographic history of the myth of Iphigenia from Athens to southern Italian vase-painting; small terracotta figurines from eloponnesian sanctuaries; anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures on Etruscan impasto vessels; Cypro-Arcaic pottery; and objects -- red-gloss relief decorated sherds and Geometric pottery -- housed in Danish museum collections.

Tradition from the Latin tradere, literally to hand over or hand down has many meanings and as a concept has a long history in Western culture. When using archaeological remains to interpret the social relations of people of Antiquity, tradition becomes an important concept. We cannot explain change without knowing and being conscious of la longue durée of material culture. Thus, over a long-term perspective archaeologists seek to trace a record of continual change. This lavishly illustrated book takes readers from prehistoric Santorini to Late Antique Rome and discusses the role of tradition in the transmission of culture and the creation, maintenance and negotiation of identity in the ancient world. Covering a wide array of subjects, including cultic rituals and the use of magical objects and symbols, votive traditions in Greek sanctuaries, funerary portraits, and Iron Age pottery, Tradition reveals how culture inheres in each and how actions and objects alike play a role in the continuation and change of culture. With its thoroughly interdisciplinary approach, Tradition breaks new ground in the studies of the classical and ancient world.