Das Volutenkapitell aus Sykaminos
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Manolis Korres
Abstract
Given that a lot about the Ionic capital EAM 4797 is already widely known, this two-part paper, is necessarily selective. Part one: (1) Perception of a spiral’s direction of growing (differing in mathematics, nature and art - including Ionic capitals). (2) Issues of a terminology corresponding to true properties, origin and perception. (3)-(5) Questions of an analytical typology and issues of carving and styling. In brief, terminology has to be rather explanatory, capable of associating more reasonably styling and carving. After all, the stages of carving, which inevitably follow a given order or sequence, largely coincide with certain established types of styling the volutes, the bolster and the echinus. The simpler types of styling demand only a sort sequence of carving stages, while others being more complicated - undergo many more stages of carving and other treatment. But while the more advanced fashioning stages may be omitted, the carving-stages preceding the final one for any chosen styling, modest or more complex, are in their complete sequence always the same and always compulsory. Part two: (1) Geometric documentation, with a mechanical pantograph for the 3-dimensional objects, compass, mason’s squares, and profile gauge. (2) Accidental or deliberate deviations from the normal form (mainly an upwards converging of facade- planes). (3) Analysis-based interpretation of the capital’s design as a process encompassing concept, selection of type, selection of styling details, quantity of repetitive components, selection of overall dimensions and further dimensioning by division. The number 22 decided for the leaves of the abacus (like in few other capitals) is the only choice linked with a commensurable diameter value (7, with a deviation of only 0,0012 - the mathematical calculation was achieved much later by Archimedes). (4) Geometric analysis of the spirals. (5) Stylistic elements of the capital as interrelated with particular steps of the usual carving process. Comments on irregular echinoi (odd-number or lateral shifting of leaves). (6) Evidence for the Sphinx’s type. (7) Technical issues of assembly and disassembly.
Abstract
Given that a lot about the Ionic capital EAM 4797 is already widely known, this two-part paper, is necessarily selective. Part one: (1) Perception of a spiral’s direction of growing (differing in mathematics, nature and art - including Ionic capitals). (2) Issues of a terminology corresponding to true properties, origin and perception. (3)-(5) Questions of an analytical typology and issues of carving and styling. In brief, terminology has to be rather explanatory, capable of associating more reasonably styling and carving. After all, the stages of carving, which inevitably follow a given order or sequence, largely coincide with certain established types of styling the volutes, the bolster and the echinus. The simpler types of styling demand only a sort sequence of carving stages, while others being more complicated - undergo many more stages of carving and other treatment. But while the more advanced fashioning stages may be omitted, the carving-stages preceding the final one for any chosen styling, modest or more complex, are in their complete sequence always the same and always compulsory. Part two: (1) Geometric documentation, with a mechanical pantograph for the 3-dimensional objects, compass, mason’s squares, and profile gauge. (2) Accidental or deliberate deviations from the normal form (mainly an upwards converging of facade- planes). (3) Analysis-based interpretation of the capital’s design as a process encompassing concept, selection of type, selection of styling details, quantity of repetitive components, selection of overall dimensions and further dimensioning by division. The number 22 decided for the leaves of the abacus (like in few other capitals) is the only choice linked with a commensurable diameter value (7, with a deviation of only 0,0012 - the mathematical calculation was achieved much later by Archimedes). (4) Geometric analysis of the spirals. (5) Stylistic elements of the capital as interrelated with particular steps of the usual carving process. Comments on irregular echinoi (odd-number or lateral shifting of leaves). (6) Evidence for the Sphinx’s type. (7) Technical issues of assembly and disassembly.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents XI
- List of Figures XIII
- Tabula Gratulatoria XIX
- Vasileios Petrakos: A Life Dedicated to the Service of Greek Archaeology XXIII
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Part I: Epigraphy and Ancient History
- Thucydides, Historical Geography and the ‘Lost Years’ of Perdikkas II 3
- Athens, Samothrace, and the Mysteria of the Samothracian Great Gods 17
- De quelques épitaphes d’étrangers et d’étrangères au Musée d’Érétrie 45
- Φυτωνυμικά τοπωνύμια Κωμών της Αργολίδος 103
- Le recours à l’arbitrage privé dans les actes d’affranchissement delphiques 117
- Προξενικό ψήφισμα από την Αιτωλία 137
- Women’s Religion in Hellenistic Athens 145
- Notes on Athenian Decrees in the Later Hellenistic Period 159
- “Those Who Jointly Built the City” 179
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Part II: Archaeology
- Attica and the Origins of Silver Metallurgy in the Aegean and the Carpatho-Balkan Zone 197
- Cultural Variation in Mycenaean Attica. A Mesoregional Approach 227
- Mythical and Historical Heroic Founders: The Archaeological Evidence 299
- Das Volutenkapitell aus Sykaminos 321
- Dionysos Lenaios at Rhamnous. Lenaia ἐν ἀγροῖς and the “Lenaia vases” 359
- Philoktet in Attika 383
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Part III: History of Greek Archaeology
- Peiraieus in 1805 411
- Karl Otfried Müller in Marathon, Rhamnus und Oropos 423
- Spyridon Marinatos and Carl Blegen at Pylos: A Happy Collaboration 441
- Vassilis Petrakos et les fouilles suisses d’Érétrie 451
- List of Contributors 465
- Index of Epigraphical Texts 469
- Index Locorum 477
- Index of Mythological Names 483
- Index of Geographic Names (Place Names, Ethnic and Demotic Adjectives) 485
- Index of Ancient Personal Names 499
- Index Rerum 505
- Index of Modern Personal Names 515
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents XI
- List of Figures XIII
- Tabula Gratulatoria XIX
- Vasileios Petrakos: A Life Dedicated to the Service of Greek Archaeology XXIII
-
Part I: Epigraphy and Ancient History
- Thucydides, Historical Geography and the ‘Lost Years’ of Perdikkas II 3
- Athens, Samothrace, and the Mysteria of the Samothracian Great Gods 17
- De quelques épitaphes d’étrangers et d’étrangères au Musée d’Érétrie 45
- Φυτωνυμικά τοπωνύμια Κωμών της Αργολίδος 103
- Le recours à l’arbitrage privé dans les actes d’affranchissement delphiques 117
- Προξενικό ψήφισμα από την Αιτωλία 137
- Women’s Religion in Hellenistic Athens 145
- Notes on Athenian Decrees in the Later Hellenistic Period 159
- “Those Who Jointly Built the City” 179
-
Part II: Archaeology
- Attica and the Origins of Silver Metallurgy in the Aegean and the Carpatho-Balkan Zone 197
- Cultural Variation in Mycenaean Attica. A Mesoregional Approach 227
- Mythical and Historical Heroic Founders: The Archaeological Evidence 299
- Das Volutenkapitell aus Sykaminos 321
- Dionysos Lenaios at Rhamnous. Lenaia ἐν ἀγροῖς and the “Lenaia vases” 359
- Philoktet in Attika 383
-
Part III: History of Greek Archaeology
- Peiraieus in 1805 411
- Karl Otfried Müller in Marathon, Rhamnus und Oropos 423
- Spyridon Marinatos and Carl Blegen at Pylos: A Happy Collaboration 441
- Vassilis Petrakos et les fouilles suisses d’Érétrie 451
- List of Contributors 465
- Index of Epigraphical Texts 469
- Index Locorum 477
- Index of Mythological Names 483
- Index of Geographic Names (Place Names, Ethnic and Demotic Adjectives) 485
- Index of Ancient Personal Names 499
- Index Rerum 505
- Index of Modern Personal Names 515
