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Dancing figures on the red-figured vases
Strouhalová, Markéta ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee)
The main theme of this work is dance in the Ancient Greece, its kinds, forms and evolution during the time. The reflektion of the dance on the red-figured vasessis dicussed, first the types of the dancing figures on the Attic red-figured vasvases and second a summary of the scenes with dancing figures descending from Magna Graecia and their position in the production of the red-figured vases on the localities in South Italy and Sicily. The close parallels exitst between the Attic vases and those from Magna Graecia. If theSouth Italian vase painting doesn't follow Attic motives, it finds other interesting expressions. Vase-painting shows dancing figures of all kinds, they include in the mostcases figures associated with DIonysos, loose amusement of komasts, tha acrobatic form of dancing, dancing in the theatre and at the religious occaisons.
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Roman imperial central plan buildings as a free standing architecture
Mikulka, Petr ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee)
To the basic structural components of centrally planed buildings in the Roman imperial architecture belongs the pronaos or vestibule, the intermediate block, the mantle and the dome of the cella. Occasionally represented is the external portico. The specific feature of the rotunda - mausoleum type is the crypt located within the podium. The exact form of the pronaos at most of the buildings remains uncertain. Commonly anticipated is a temple facade with a fastigium or pediment carried on columns. The later edifices may have a Syrian fronton (Diocletian's mausoleum) or an arcade front (Tor de'Schiavi). The vestibul on the other hand was a closed hall of a square (Sant'Aquilino), but more often rectangular plan. With one exception (Mausoleum of Helena), all of the vestibules have semicircular apses on the short ends. Its primary function consists in integrating the rotunda with another structure. The conception of a central-plan building with an external portico can be related to the small circular peripteral temples, well known from both, the Hellenistic and the late republican Roman architecture ("Tempio di Portunno", Gallienus 'mausoleum, Constantina's mausoleum).The crypt is solely associated with the rotunda - mausoleum type and its form is not standardized but varies from an "H" shaped plan (Gallienus'...
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The Food Conservation in Roman Italy
Benková, Martina ; Titz, Pavel (advisor) ; Ondřejová, Iva (referee)
This document deals with problems of food preservation in the ancient world focusing on Roman Italy. Attention is concentrated on individual conservation practices, covering the techniques of storage and direct preservative interventions, which include dehydration, salting, sweetening, pickling, smoking or making of diary products. The work is mainly based on the study of contemporary literary works particularly Latin agricultural handbooks dating from the 2nd century BC to the 6th century AD. The information obtained is supplemented to the maximum extent by iconographic sources and archaeological evidence of individual installations and their products. The result is a comprehensive overview of preservation methods, divided into categories and subcategories based on used technology approaches characterized in the introduction to each chapter. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Roman uguentaria based on ancient collections in Moravian museums
Doležalová, Jitka ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Ondřejová, Iva (referee)
In my work I decided to treat the glass balsamariích Roman period. The aim is to highlight the issue of production of blown glass and its evolution in the ancient world. The topic I chose, because the vast majority of collections of antique glass, on which I was involved in processing, are balsamaria. Moreover, this was not a topic in the Czech Republic almost a hundred years further elaborated, as are more focused balsamariím J. Čadík.
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Iconography of marine life in Greek and Roman art
Štampachová, Michaela ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Musil, Jiří (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to define and to summarize the manner, the context and the meaning of depictions of marine fauna in the Ancient Art from 8th century BC to 5th century AD in the Mediterranean region. Based on remarks of ancient authors and on current secondary literature it compiles and comments on some pieces of Acient Art. Artistic motives with marine fauna were very popular in the ancient times and they can join a wide range of situations and contexts: from attributes of divinities and symbols of marine location to filling ornaments. Their significance was economic, social, as well as mythological and symbolical. The peak of their popularity is represented by black-figure vases, south Italian fish-plates and Hellenistic mosaics. Realistic and ornamental tendencies of style coexisted. While drawing and painting suited better to fish and cephalopods, sculpture flattered dolphins.
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Late Roman glass lamps
Doležalová, Jitka ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Ondřejová, Iva (referee)
This thesis proposes to describe glass lamps of late roman and early byzantine era and their origin and emergence in these periods. Part of the thesis is a desription of objects related with using of lamps, summary of their function and advantages and disadvantages in comparison with lamps made of other materials. Important section is also catalogue of shapes of lamps and their comparison with the finds from several localities with the largest found groups of glass lamps.
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Noric-Pannonian belt garnitures and their socio-ethnical meaning
Krištofová, Veronika ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Ondřejová, Iva (referee)
Thesis concerns with question of occurrence of norlc-pannonian beh gamitures in Czech barbari cum. White in roman provinces were these be1ts wom by women, in Bohemia are they often found in graves with warrior equipment. By solving these problems were osed iconographic, written and archaeological evidences. In appropriate cases were used nondestructive metallographic analyses or stereomicroscope. Belts were explored from point of view of social status of their owners, total graves equipment, or ethnicity. Special attention was devoted to so-called Germanic imitations of noric-pannonian belts, which do not occur in Roman provinces and so they are typical for barbaricum area. Thesis also concerns with appearance of noric-pannonian and Germanic dress and their reconstruction. With dresses were also reconstructed noric-pannonian belt and his Germanic imitation.
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Dionysiac scenes on red figure vases of south Italy
Kalasová, Barbora ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Musil, Jiří (referee)
South Italy, once called Magna Graecia, was source of ancient Greek pottery fabricated mostly during the fourth century B.C. which is commonly called South Italian pottery. First, many scholars thought, that this pottery was imported from Athens, but in fact the Greeks living in South Italy produced here their own red- figured pottery since the end of fifth century B.C. Many workshops were influenced by Attic pottery and they developed their own style later during the fourth century B.C. All South Italian workshops initially took up the style of Attic workshops of Athens, when many craftsmen left the city because of the Peloponnesian Wars. Five areas or schools of South Italian pottery, that produced the red-figured ware, are identified: Apulia (various workshops in Taras), Lucania (Heraclea, Metaponto), Paestum (Paestum), Campania (Capua and Cumae) and Sicily (Syracuse and Lipari). The red-figured pottery was produced here between 440 B.C. and the end of fourth century B.C. Almost all pottery forms that were developed in Greece were produced also in South Italy. Very popular were calyx-craters and bell-craters, which were marvellously decorated by the vase painters. South Italian potters developed some new pottery forms and shapes(bail amphora, nestoris etc.). At first the elements of decoration were the...
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Jewellery of the Kushan central Asia
Belaňová, Petra ; Stančo, Ladislav (advisor) ; Ondřejová, Iva (referee)
During the archeological excavations 2002 - 2006 on site of Jandavlattepa in Southern Uzbekistan (Czech - Uzbek expedition, Charles Univerzity in Prague and Academy of Sciences in Samarkand) was gained a significant number of adornments and jewellery. Main aim of this MA- thesis was the creation of catalogue of these small finds and their comparision with other archeological complexes of Central Asia. Jandavlattepa is situated in the region of ancient Bactria, so the bulk of adornments analysed in this work consists of artifacts from Bactrian archeological sites. The study concentrates on the Kushan period (1.- 4. century AD) and is divided in tree parts: 1. adornments and jewellery extended among common population, in which the finds from Jandavlattepa can be included 2. extraordinary jewellery of the elite 3. catalogue of finds Group of common jewellery is treated more in detail and consists of the groups of head adornments (diadems, earrings, hairpins, temple pendants), neck and clothing adornments (necklaces, pendants, clasps, buckles, sew - on plaques) and adornments of hands and legs (bracelets, finger-rings, anklets). Localities with concentration of finds are Yalangtush Tepe, Zartepa, Kampyrtepa and Dalvezintepe from Southern Uzbekistan and necropoles Babashov, Aruktau, Tup - Chona and Tepai - Shah...
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Wind musical instruments of ancient Greece and Rome
Waňousová, Lucie ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Stančo, Ladislav (referee)
This thesis deals with ancient wind musical instruments. It focuses especially on three kinds of them - aulos, syrinx and military musical instruments, where salpinx, lituus and bucina belongs to. Each chapter of this thesis is dedicated to one of these wind instruments and discusses its origin and evolution. It also describes its using in ancient society - during sacral ceremonies, cultural events and in military or private life - this description is based on Greek, Roman end Etruscan iconography and also cites some of the references from ancient authors. Some of these instruments have developed during the ancient times into different shapes - these versions are described in this thesis on the background of iconography and bibliography. In the end of every single chapter there is a selection of the most important preserved samples of the musical instruments or their fragments. These samples, although they often are in poor condition, are clear evidence about the nature of ancient music. Keywords: ancient music, wind instruments, Greece, Rome, Etruscans, aulos, tibia, syrinx, salpinx, tuba, cornu, bucina
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