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Use of pigments for covering and painting of ancient ceramics
Balda, Martin ; Tušlová, Petra (advisor) ; Verčík, Marek (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the preparation and processing of pigments used for the production of slips and for the painting of ceramic vases in antiquity. The aim of the thesis is to provide a comprehensive summary of the knowledge of ancient pigments and to analyse the influence of materials, technological processes and pottery firing on these pigments. The first chapter of the thesis deals with the extraction and processing of ceramic clays and the creation of ceramic vessels. The second chapter deals with the firing process and firing structures. The third chapter summarizes all pigments appearing on ancient ceramics and divides them into pigments applied before firing (slips) and cold pigments applied after firing. The last three chapters deal with three major groups of ancient pottery and their representatives - black-gloss pottery (black-figure and red-figure pottery), red-gloss pottery (coral red and terra sigillata) and white lekythoi.
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Use of pigments for covering and painting of ancient ceramics
Balda, Martin ; Tušlová, Petra (advisor) ; Verčík, Marek (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the processing and application of pigments on ceramic vases in antiquity. The aim of the thesis is to provide a comprehensive summary of the knowledge on ancient pigments and to analyse the influence of materials, technological processes, pottery firing and kiln structures on these pigments. The first chapter of the thesis deals with the extraction and processing of ceramic clays and the formation of ceramic vessels. The second chapter deals with the firing process and firing structures. The third chapter summarizes all pigments appearing on ancient ceramics and divides them into pigments applied before firing and cold pigments applied after firing. The last three chapters are devoted to three major groups of ancient pottery and their representatives-black-listed pottery (black-figure and red- figure pottery), red-listed pottery (coral red and terra sigillata), and white lekythoi. The work is based on monographs by world experts on ancient ceramics and also on articles summarizing the latest findings.
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Representations of women in the corinthian vase painting
Rašínová, Kateřina ; Verčík, Marek (advisor) ; Kroutilová Jamrichová, Zuzana (referee)
The aim of this thesis is analysis of representations of women on the Corinthian vase painting of the archaic period. While similar representations have been researched several times, the interest of researchers has been more focused on selected themes, such as the Trojan cycle, the so-called Frauenfest or komos vases also known as padded dancers in the case of the Corinthian black-figure vases. This work will be focused on iconographic description of women. I will characterize the development of individual motifs or scenes and compositions throughout the whole archaic period - also on proto-corinthian vases if necesarry - with regard to the shape, function and context of use of the vessels with these representations. I am going to try to identify their semantic meaning in reliation to the social and cultural context of Corinth in the 7th and 6th century BCE. I will compare the defined coventions with the depictions of women on contemporary Attic black-figure vases in cunclusion.
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Griffin protomes in archaic Greece
Lelovič, Matej ; Verčík, Marek (advisor) ; Pavúk, Peter (referee)
This work will be focusing on bronze protomes in shape of griffins, which were a part of votive bronze vessels in arcahic Greece. Based on the bibliographic search, stylistic and technological development will be evaluated, as well as the distribution of the findings. Different typo- chronological approaches to their study will be assesed aswell. This part will serve as a prerequisite for the re-evaluation of the two prototypes of griffins, which are in the collection of the Institute of Classical Archeology in Prague. The findings need to be typologically and chronologically determined, respectively assigned to a specific production workshop (stylistic analysis), take into account the extension of given groups of findings, compare with analogies made in other materials and evaluate their symbolic significance. The work will also include a summary of current discussions concerning production and production technology and the fragmentation of monumental bronzes in Greece in the geometric and archaic periods.
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Architecture and urbanisation processes during the Second Milennium B. C. on the East Aegean Islands and in Western Anatolia
Peterková, Anna ; Pavúk, Peter (advisor) ; Verčík, Marek (referee)
Annotation: Thesis contains a comprehensive overview of architecture dated to the 2nd millennium BC in the territory of Western Anatolia (Troy, Maydos-Kilisetepe, Panaztepe, Liman Tepe, Çeşme- Bağlararası, Kaymakçı, Sardis, Bademgediği Tepe, Ephesos-Ayasoluk, Kadıkalesı, Miletus, Iasos, Çine-Tepecik, Aphrodisias, Beycesultan) and the islands of the Eastern Aegean (Samothrace, Lemnos, Lesbos, Chios, Samos and the Dodecanese's). The attention is paid both to individual houses and to the structure of the entire settlement. Part of the thesis is also a comparison of all preserved architectural plans on the same scale.
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Trebeništa: history of an archaeological excavation
Hrušková, Tereza ; Verčík, Marek (advisor) ; Tušlová, Petra (referee)
The thesis deals with the results, processing, and evaluation of archaeological excavations at the burial site of Trebeništa, located in the southwestern part of Northern Macedonia in the Lake Ohrid region. It aims to summarize and present the different interpretations of archaeological expeditions that have worked at the site and their assumptions, as well as to highlight and summarize further scholarly interpretations of the site after the phases of excavations. The aim of the paper is to characterize the methodological approaches in the interpretations of the archaeological material, the theoretical basis for its evaluation - especially the question of identity/ethnicity, the contextualization of the finds in the immediate and wider region, and its interpretation of the social status of those buried at the site. Key words archaic period - ancient Macedonia - necropolis - history of the research
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In the Footsteps of Persephone: The Iconography of Macedonian Elite Tombs' Decoration
Kamp, Tomáš ; Stančo, Ladislav (advisor) ; Verčík, Marek (referee)
The present master thesis focusses on the iconography of the decorative programme of Macedonian tombs dated from the second half of the 4th century BCE to the first half of the 2nd century BCE. The main objective is to detect the artistic principles of the Macedonian art applied to funerary monuments of local elites. To attain this aim it is necessary to adopt a complex approach which would allow for analysing in detail the various tomb decoration types; such an approach has never been applied so far. The main research tool used throughout this thesis is a profound analysis of individual elements of the tombs' decoration. The study is specifically concerned with the frequency of the individual motifs, their chronological development, and their possible meanings. Other questions include the iconographical differences between male and female tombs, variations between royal and aristocratic sepulchres, comparison of profane and funerary art, and last but not least, the possible transference of motives both from or to other cultural areas. Keywords: iconography, Ancient Greece, Macedonia, Hellenistic period, tumulus, tombs, wall-paintings
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Hades illustrated: Cult and Iconography of Chtonic and Underworld Gods in Ancient Greece
Wasserbauerová, Noemi ; Stančo, Ladislav (advisor) ; Verčík, Marek (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the Greek chthonic and underworld gods, their cult and especially iconography. The intention is to give a comprehensive overview of selected deities, their meaning and role in Greek mythology and religion, to describe the attributes and the way they are depicted in Greek art. The thesis deals with the course of the cult of chthonic and underworld gods in ancient Greece, its connection with the cult of the dead, funeral rituals, oracles of the dead and magic, as well as preserved archaeological evidence according to the current state of knowledge. The largest part of the work is focused on creating a general overview of selected preserved iconographic material with depictions of these gods, systematization and analysis of their iconography. The researched material includes mainly vase painting, which includes black-figure and red-figure vases and white lekythoi, as well as cult and votive sculptures, including reliefs and pinaks, and more rarely tombstones, stelae or other funeral monuments. Key words: Hades, underworld gods, chthonic gods, iconography, Greek mythology, Greek religion, ancient Greece.
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Animal Terracotta Appliques from Bronze Age Western Anatolia
Bobik, Ján ; Pavúk, Peter (advisor) ; Verčík, Marek (referee)
The main goal of my bachelor thesis is collect animal depictions on pottery in west Anatoliam mainly attaché in bronze age and make catalog table. New, unpublished findings from Kaymakci are presented in the form of a case study. Apart from basic typo-chronological specification, their finding context will be taken into account where available. The first part of the thesis describes locations and materials in a general fashion and the second part concerns the description of particular pieces with the material being grouped into chronological and style-based sets. The final part concerns the interpretation of the findings and the associated material. The main contribution of this thesis is that these pieces are not localized to a few specific locations but rather are spread out over numerous other locations as well, while also highlighting the fact that the pieces can be observed in the Hittites, albeit in a different form, whereas in Greece no animal depictions as attachés may be found.
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The Fortification of the polis Milet and its development from the Bronze Age into the late Antiquity.
Krčál, Jan ; Verčík, Marek (advisor) ; Pavúk, Peter (referee)
(in English): The aim of this bachelor thesis is to introduce the individual phases of the fortification in the history of Miletus, chronologically from the Late Bronze Age to the Late Antiquity. For each period, the historical context and the development of the topography of the city will be briefly presented, followed by an analysis of the fortification of the period and a description of some examples based on archaeological sources. In the final part each described period of the fortifications of Miletus will be classified into the historical context of Ionia and compared with the selected poleis of the region.
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