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In the realm of the scheme. The limits of interpretation in exploring Archaic Greek visual culture. A case of black-figure lekythos from Krakow

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Miścicki W.
Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization
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2016
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vol. 20
27-45
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The aim of this paper is to examine the possibilities of interpretation using readings of pictorial schemes on Archaic Greek vases on the example of a black-figure lekythos from the collection of the Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. The current interpretation of the scene on the vase describes it as setting out for the hunt. It is argued here that this scene represents warriors setting out for war, in line with the first interpretation of this piece made by Piotr Bieńkowski. Furthermore, it is argued that since the readings could always be plural, the creator of the vase made deliberate attempts to limit interpretation, however, the vase can still retain its interpretational freedom if put in a viewing context that stimulates unorthodox readings.
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Both sides matter? Reading Greek vases using pictorial semiotics. The problem of syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations of the image

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Miścicki W.
Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization
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2015
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vol. 19
107-128
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This paper explores the possibilities of using methods of analysis from the field of pictorial semiotics in studying Greek vase painting, and thus resolving the problem of interpreting multiple scenes on a single vase. Its aim is to explain and clarify basic notions connected to this discipline, such as imagery, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations, and how they relate to Greek iconography, using various examples. The main premise is that the separate scenes on the artifact are connected syntagmatically and not only paradigmatically as it is usually indicated, thus the joint interpretation always precedes the analysis of detached scenes, the latter being dependent upon the syntagmatic reducibility of the image.
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White-ground lekythoi in the Princess Czartoryski Museum in Krakow

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Gorzelany D.
Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization
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2016
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vol. 20
69-81
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In the collection of the Princes Czartoryski Museum there are three white-ground lekythoi originating from purchases made by Prince Władysław Czartoryski and Professor Marian Sokołowski. The article contains the results of chemical tests and an iconographic analysis of the scenes decorating these vases, leading to the confirmation that two of them were subject to thorough reconstruction of the layer of paint in 19th-century Athens.
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Wątki epickie a malarstwo wazowe na przykładzie wybranych przedstawień motywów homeryckich: Doloneja

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Gorzelany D.
Collectanea Philologica
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2018
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issue 21
103-115
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The oral form of transmission of the early Greek epics allowed for the free shaping of content by the poet, whose task was to create a coherent narrative, intelligible for all the listeners, while maintaining its key feature – authenticity. This, however, lead to variability in content due to the desire to supplement, that is to show detailed presentations of events or to adapt these to local traditions. Incongruities in content between individual customary versions of these stories are illustrated in relics of vase painting. This article discusses the iconography of scenes associated with the Doloneia, book 10 of the Iliad, in reference to the contents of the epic. Based on a few examples still extant, a formal analysis was conducted on the themes of the main structure and secondary char­acters shown in Greek illustrations from the Archaic and Classical periods, as well as of southern Italic examples, allowing us to show how versions of the story formed at a given time and to reflect on the changes introduced.
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An Unwelcome Aspect of Life: the depiction of Old Age in Greek Vase Painting.

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Gorzelany D.
Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
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2014
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vol. 24
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issue 2
153-177
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The subject of old age is rarely addressed in Greek vase painting and usually appears in scenes from mythology or daily life. Older men in these representations are Homeric heroes, esteemed as kings, leaders and sages who have rendered great services to society; older people are also present in scenes of everyday life – usually as fathers or child supervisors. depending on the technique of decoration, these figures were characterised mostly through hair colour (as well as thinning hair and baldness in the case of men), a stooped and frail frame or an obese one. Besides, on red-figure and white-ground vessels it was possible to render facial wrinkles. These features apply predominantly to the images of men, because due to the social ideal of kalokagathia Athenian women were usually depicted as timelessly young. The article contains an analysis of selected depictions of the elderly in vase painting in terms of their iconography and the types of scenes in which they appear, including references to the written sources.
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