Ancient Adornments of Central Asia Influenced by the Greek Jewellery of the Classical and Hellenistic Period

• Authors: Belaňová Petra
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Central Asia absorbed the stimuli of shifting cultural influences and for many centuries created an original artistic expression, which can be observed in all branches of arts and crafts. One of these branches is jewellery production. Many pieces of jewellery were largely inspired by the culture of the ancient Mediterranean. The attention of the article is focused on the Central Asia jewellery finds, the production of jewellery and examples of the influence of ancient Greek jewellery of the Classical and Hellenistic period on the jewellery production in Central Asia from the points of view of technology (production and decoration processes), typology (types of jewellery) and iconography (frequently occurring themes as inspirations from the ancient mythology).

Keywords

EN

Central Asia; Greek; jewellery; arts and crafts; Bactria; Gandhara

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia Hercynia
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 111-126

Contributors

author

Belaňová Petra

• National Museum Václavské náměstí 68, CZ-11579 Prague 1