Jaimee Uhlenbrock
Biographic Data
| ID | 5635712 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jaimee Uhlenbrock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jaimee |
| FAMILY NAME | Uhlenbrock |
| SIGNATURE | UHLENBROCK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | SUNY New Paltz |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7808-5436 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 35 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
M/Othering
A data set containing the concept of motherhood as found in figurative terracottas from ancient Italy and Sicily. This includes an extensive bibliography and typological lists
A Satyr and His Figurine
An unusual terracotta group from Sicily of a satyr running off with a terracotta figurine leads to questions about the meaning of its iconography and its possible relationship to cultural developments in Sicily in the first half of the fifth century
At the Museums. An Exhibition on Whistler and Tanagras, Ruth Allen and Linda Merrill
James McNeil Whistler’s interest in Tanagra figurines was the focus of an exhibition of his works on paper that was held at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia, from February 3–May 19, 2024. Titled Recasting Antiquity: Whistler, Tanagra, & the Female Form, it was curated by Ruth Allen and Linda Merrill
Terracottas in Motion
A three-day exploration of the theme of terracottas in motion was organized as a ZOOM colloquium by Maya Muratov and Jaimee Uhlenbrock under the auspices of The Association for Coroplastic Studies
Ancient Greek Terracotta Sculpture
The phrase “terracotta sculpture” refers to all figurative representations in fired clay produced in Greece and in the Greek world during the first millennium bce, (from the Geometric period to the end of the Hellenistic period), whatever their size (figurine, statuette, or statue), whatever their manufacturing technique (modeling, molding, mixed), whatever their material form (in-the-round, relief, etc.), whatever their representation (anthropom…
The Diphilos Dissertation Prize Winners
The Diphilos Dissertation Prize is a biennial monetary award of €1000 that is granted to a recent graduate student for an accepted dissertation that focuses on coroplastic material from the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds from the Neolithic period through late antiquity. This Prize is awarded in support of the eventual publication of the dissertation
The “Lady of Zominthos”
Several news outlets for October 2020 have reported the discovery of a Middle Minoan terracotta figurine dubbed “The Lady of Zominthos.”
Maenad Terracotta Antefix Returned to Italy
An Etruscan terracotta antefix in the form of a dancing maenad that had been looted from Veii was returned to Italy
Two Collaborative Projects for Coroplastic Research, V. The Work of the Academic Years 2018–2019
An international team of 7 researchers has been meeting biannually to collaborate on two projects that are envisaged as aids for coroplastic research. The first is provisionally titled The Handbook for Coroplastic Research, a tool designed for those new to the field of coroplastic studies. The second project has been nicknamed “Winter On-Line.” This concerns the creation of a searchable version of Franz Winter, Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakott…
The reception of Greek figurative terracottas in the Age of Enlightenment1
While figurative terracottas from Greco-Roman antiquity were brought to light in considerable numbers from sites on the Italian mainland and in Sicily in the seventeenth century, they were consistently overlooked as important and representative examples of classical art. It was only in the later eighteenth century in Sicily that important collections of Greek figurative terracottas were assembled that began to attract the attention of northern Eu…
The Study of Figurative Terracottas
In the study of Greek figurative terracottas there are many pitfalls that have resulted from out-dated notions that continue to influence coroplastic scholarship. The young researcher, in particular, must be attentive to the sources of an argument and employ critical judgement in order to avoid misdirection when interpreting coroplastic material
Figurines de terre cuite en Méditerranée grecque et romaine Vol 1
The conference proceedings Figurines de terre cuite en Méditerranée grecque et romaine Vol 1: Production, diffusion, etude is reviewed by Jaimee Uhlenbrock
Two Collaborative Projects for Coroplastic Research, IV. The Work of the Academic Years 2016–2017
An international team of 7 researchers has been meeting biannually to collaborate on two projects that are envisaged as aids for coroplastic research. The first is the Handbook for Coroplastic Research (HaCoSt), a tool designed for those new to the field of coroplastic studies. The second project has been nicknamed Winter On-Line. This concerns the creation of a searchable version of Franz Winter, Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakotten, 1903, in w…
The Study Collection of Figurative Terracottas in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Study Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art includes over Greek 200 figurative terracottas. Committed to the accessibility of its collections to a wider audience, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has nearly emptied its storerooms of portable antiquities and set these objects on public display in a dedicated gallery. Although little information on these terracottas, vases, minor sculptures, and coins is provided in this gallery, the lack …
Terracottas in the News. A Bronze-Age Terracotta Figurine Discovered by a Seven-Year-Old Boy
A seven-year-old boy discovered a late Bronze-Age plaque figurine in the Jordan Valley
Research Perspectives in Coroplastic Studies
The hundreds of thousands of Greek figurative terracottas that have been brought to light at sites around the Mediterranean and Black Sea from the late seventh to the first century B.C.E. provide excellent evidence for trade and diffusion, on both a local and international level. We know that at certain terracotta-producing centers figurative terracottas were produced far in excess of local needs, suggesting that they must have been conceived as …
Research Perspectives in Greek Coroplastic Studies
The ubiquitous presence of masses of figurative terracottas in Greek sanctuaries of the Archaic and Classical periods has given rise to their almost universal use as iconographic tools for the identification of cult. A practice that has its roots in the archaeological literature of the late 18th and early 19th century, it has engendered certain research biases that have been difficult to overcome. A review of these biases and their origins could …
Two Collaborative Projects for Coroplastic Research, III. The Work of the Academic Year 2015-2016
An international team of 7 researchers has been meeting biannually to collaborate on two projects that are envisaged as aids for coroplastic research. The first is the Handbook for Coroplastic Research (HaCoSt), a tool designed for those new to the field of coroplastic studies. The second project has been nicknamed Winter On-Line. This concerns the creation of a searchable version of Franz Winter, Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakotten, 1903, in w…
Other Recent Conference Presentations and Public Lectures on Coroplastic Topics
Annabelle Amory (Université Sciences Humaines et Sociales–Lille 3)“Les figurines/ex-voto en Grèce ancienne, le cas des animaux chez Demeter,”. Actes de la Journée d'étude du 22 avril 2015, La figurine en terre cuite dans le bassin méditerrannée durant l'Antiquité Musée de Vendeuil-Caply. Erica Angliker (University of Zurich) “Reinterpreting the Function of The Delion on Paros as a Filial Sanctuary of Delos through an Analysis of Archaeological Ma…
A Unique Shrine From the Late Iron Age in Jordan
In October and November of 2014 an archaeological team lead by Lucas Petit of the University of Leiden and Zeidan Kafafi of Yarmouk University uncovered a 2,700-year-old shrine at Tell Damiyah in Jordan. This had been in the center of a small village that had been closely allied with the Neo-Assyrian capital, as is attested by written sources and ceramics. The shrine was in the form of a rectangular building with a platform measuring eight by six…
Jomon Terracotta Figurine Designated a National Treasure
In Japan, great reverence is paid to significant cultural forms of expression, such as important works of art or architecture. They are awarded the title of kokuhō, or National Treasure, by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, an office of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
Two Collaborative Projects for Coroplastic Research, II. The Work of the Academic Year 2014-2015
An international team of 7 researchers has met for the second and third time to continue a collaboration on two on-going projects that are envisaged as aids for coroplastic research. The first concerns the Handbook for Coroplastic Research, a manual that is designed for those new to coroplastic studies. The second project is called Winter On-Line, which involves the creation of a searchable version of F. Winter, Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakot…
Letter from the President
Dear members of ACoST, The Association for Coroplastic Studies is undergoing major changes. As you already know, elections for officers were held in 2012 because I felt that the organization needed a broader administrative structure if it was to survive into the future and grow. Since then, a particular concern of mine has been the longevity of the ACoSt website, which receives from 150 to 300 hits a week, mostly for the bibliographies and the ne…
The Etruscans and the Mediterranean
On December 5, 2013, an impressive exhibition opened at the Musée du Louvre-Lens, “the other Louvre,” that surely will appeal to anyone interested in terracotta sculpture, as well as to anyone interested in the cultures and civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean. The Etruscans and the Mediterranean : The City of Cerveteri presents a history of the city that is largely based on new results obtained from recent excavations at the site, within w…
Two Collaborative Projects for Coroplastic Research
During the Summer School in Catania in May, 2013, two ideas came into focus that could promote coroplastic research. The first was to have a manual, or handbook, that would give the researcher new to coroplastic studies much-needed tools and methodologies for addressing the study of Greek figurative terracottas. The second was to create an on-line version of Franz Winter’s Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakotten, 1903, in a wiki format so that rese…
Cyrene Papers
Over the course of the last nine years, a large number of documents have come to light that chronicle more fully American interest in Cyrenaica in the 1880s and in the first two decades of this century. The documents mainly pertain to the 1910–1911 archaeological excavation of Cyrene by Richard Norton on behalf of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Archaeological Institute of America, during the course of which Herbert Fletcher DeCou, staf…
Cyrene Papers
The rock-cut tombs of Cyrene's Northern Necropolis have survived to the present day in a pitifully ruinous state because of the looting that has taken place since antiquity and because of their frequent re-use as dwellings or stables. An important archive of typewritten reports, photographs, sketches, and correspondence pertaining to this necropolis is preserved principally in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and documents the first officially-s…
Cyrene Papers
In late April 1909 the young Egyptologist Oric Bates led a three-week survey expedition to Cyrenaica under the sponsorship of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for the purpose of locating a suitable site for archaeological excavation. Participants in the expedition included Richard Norton, Allison V. Armour, and Russell C. Sturgis, Jr. The report, which is published here for the first time, details this…
Cyrene Papers
Over the course of the last nine years, a large number of documents have come to light that chronicle more fully American interest in Cyrenaica in the 1880s and in the first two decades of this century. The documents mainly pertain to the 1910–1911 archaeological excavation of Cyrene by Richard Norton on behalf of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Archaeological Institute of America, during the course of which Herbert Fletcher DeCou, staf…
Cyrene Papers
In late April 1909 the young Egyptologist Oric Bates led a three-week survey expedition to Cyrenaica under the sponsorship of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for the purpose of locating a suitable site for archaeological excavation. Participants in the expedition included Richard Norton, Allison V. Armour, and Russell C. Sturgis, Jr. The report, which is published here for the first time, details this…
Tonfiguren im Grab
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Dorothy Burr Thompson, 1900-2001
Coroplastic Studies in the Early 21st Century
Reviewed Works Camarina: Le terrecotte figurate e la ceramica da una fornace di V e IV secolo a.C., by Marcella Pisani. Pp. 249, b&w figs. 22, color figs. 11, b&w pls. 27, color pls. 5, tables 2. L’Erma di Bretschneider, Rome 2008. €140. ISBN 978-88-8265-482-5 (cloth). Maresha Excavations Final Report II: Hellenistic Terracotta Figurines from the 1989–1996 Seasons, by Adi Erlich and Amos Kloner. Pp. x + 189, b&w figs. 14, b&w pls. 51, color pl. 1…
La Coroplastica Greca. Metodologie per lo studio di produzioni, contesti e immagini
From May 27 to June 1, 2013, the First International Summer School on Greek Coroplastic Studies was held in Catania, Sicily. Organized by ACoST Executive Committee member Antonella Pautasso, project director at IBAM-CNR, Catania, and Ambra Pace of the University of Messina, with the support of Mario Cottonaro of the University of Catania and Vanessa Chillemi of the University of Messina, this 6-day event was called La Coroplastica Greca. Metodolo…
Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas
The Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus in Nicosia was the site of a 3-day conference dedicated to Hellenistic and Roman terracottas that was organized by Giorgos Papantoniou, Demetrios Michaelides, and Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou. I was the discussant. The conference was held within the framework of a research project funded by the Anastasios G. Leventis Foundation via the University of Cyprus. The project aimed to establish a m…
Cyrene Papers
The rock-cut tombs of Cyrene's Northern Necropolis have survived to the present day in a pitifully ruinous state because of the looting that has taken place since antiquity and because of their frequent re-use as dwellings or stables. An important archive of typewritten reports, photographs, sketches, and correspondence pertaining to this necropolis is preserved principally in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and documents the first officially-s…
Letter from the President
Dear members of ACoST, The Association for Coroplastic Studies is undergoing major changes. As you already know, elections for officers were held in 2012 because I felt that the organization needed a broader administrative structure if it was to survive into the future and grow. Since then, a particular concern of mine has been the longevity of the ACoSt website, which receives from 150 to 300 hits a week, mostly for the bibliographies and the ne…
The Etruscans and the Mediterranean
On December 5, 2013, an impressive exhibition opened at the Musée du Louvre-Lens, “the other Louvre,” that surely will appeal to anyone interested in terracotta sculpture, as well as to anyone interested in the cultures and civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean. The Etruscans and the Mediterranean : The City of Cerveteri presents a history of the city that is largely based on new results obtained from recent excavations at the site, within w…
Two Collaborative Projects for Coroplastic Research
During the Summer School in Catania in May, 2013, two ideas came into focus that could promote coroplastic research. The first was to have a manual, or handbook, that would give the researcher new to coroplastic studies much-needed tools and methodologies for addressing the study of Greek figurative terracottas. The second was to create an on-line version of Franz Winter’s Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakotten, 1903, in a wiki format so that rese…
Other Recent Conference Presentations and Public Lectures on Coroplastic Topics
Annabelle Amory (Université Sciences Humaines et Sociales–Lille 3)“Les figurines/ex-voto en Grèce ancienne, le cas des animaux chez Demeter,”. Actes de la Journée d'étude du 22 avril 2015, La figurine en terre cuite dans le bassin méditerrannée durant l'Antiquité Musée de Vendeuil-Caply. Erica Angliker (University of Zurich) “Reinterpreting the Function of The Delion on Paros as a Filial Sanctuary of Delos through an Analysis of Archaeological Ma…
A Unique Shrine From the Late Iron Age in Jordan
In October and November of 2014 an archaeological team lead by Lucas Petit of the University of Leiden and Zeidan Kafafi of Yarmouk University uncovered a 2,700-year-old shrine at Tell Damiyah in Jordan. This had been in the center of a small village that had been closely allied with the Neo-Assyrian capital, as is attested by written sources and ceramics. The shrine was in the form of a rectangular building with a platform measuring eight by six…
Jomon Terracotta Figurine Designated a National Treasure
In Japan, great reverence is paid to significant cultural forms of expression, such as important works of art or architecture. They are awarded the title of kokuhō, or National Treasure, by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, an office of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
Two Collaborative Projects for Coroplastic Research, II. The Work of the Academic Year 2014-2015
An international team of 7 researchers has met for the second and third time to continue a collaboration on two on-going projects that are envisaged as aids for coroplastic research. The first concerns the Handbook for Coroplastic Research, a manual that is designed for those new to coroplastic studies. The second project is called Winter On-Line, which involves the creation of a searchable version of F. Winter, Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakot…
The Study Collection of Figurative Terracottas in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Study Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art includes over Greek 200 figurative terracottas. Committed to the accessibility of its collections to a wider audience, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has nearly emptied its storerooms of portable antiquities and set these objects on public display in a dedicated gallery. Although little information on these terracottas, vases, minor sculptures, and coins is provided in this gallery, the lack …
Terracottas in the News. A Bronze-Age Terracotta Figurine Discovered by a Seven-Year-Old Boy
A seven-year-old boy discovered a late Bronze-Age plaque figurine in the Jordan Valley
Research Perspectives in Coroplastic Studies
The hundreds of thousands of Greek figurative terracottas that have been brought to light at sites around the Mediterranean and Black Sea from the late seventh to the first century B.C.E. provide excellent evidence for trade and diffusion, on both a local and international level. We know that at certain terracotta-producing centers figurative terracottas were produced far in excess of local needs, suggesting that they must have been conceived as …
Research Perspectives in Greek Coroplastic Studies
The ubiquitous presence of masses of figurative terracottas in Greek sanctuaries of the Archaic and Classical periods has given rise to their almost universal use as iconographic tools for the identification of cult. A practice that has its roots in the archaeological literature of the late 18th and early 19th century, it has engendered certain research biases that have been difficult to overcome. A review of these biases and their origins could …
Two Collaborative Projects for Coroplastic Research, III. The Work of the Academic Year 2015-2016
An international team of 7 researchers has been meeting biannually to collaborate on two projects that are envisaged as aids for coroplastic research. The first is the Handbook for Coroplastic Research (HaCoSt), a tool designed for those new to the field of coroplastic studies. The second project has been nicknamed Winter On-Line. This concerns the creation of a searchable version of Franz Winter, Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakotten, 1903, in w…
Figurines de terre cuite en Méditerranée grecque et romaine Vol 1
The conference proceedings Figurines de terre cuite en Méditerranée grecque et romaine Vol 1: Production, diffusion, etude is reviewed by Jaimee Uhlenbrock
Two Collaborative Projects for Coroplastic Research, IV. The Work of the Academic Years 2016–2017
An international team of 7 researchers has been meeting biannually to collaborate on two projects that are envisaged as aids for coroplastic research. The first is the Handbook for Coroplastic Research (HaCoSt), a tool designed for those new to the field of coroplastic studies. The second project has been nicknamed Winter On-Line. This concerns the creation of a searchable version of Franz Winter, Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakotten, 1903, in w…
The Study of Figurative Terracottas
In the study of Greek figurative terracottas there are many pitfalls that have resulted from out-dated notions that continue to influence coroplastic scholarship. The young researcher, in particular, must be attentive to the sources of an argument and employ critical judgement in order to avoid misdirection when interpreting coroplastic material
Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (21 works) · Archaeology (20 works) · Art (20 works) · History (20 works) · Terracotta (14 works) · Ancient history (10 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (9 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (9 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Literal and figurative language (8 works)