Kenneth D S Lapatin
Biographic Data
| ID | 959538 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth D S Lapatin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth D S |
| FAMILY NAME | Lapatin |
| SIGNATURE | LAPATIN K D S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Athenian Vase Construction
Greek vases are one of the world's finest ceramic traditions. Even before a vase became a painted masterpiece, its graceful lines and elegant proportions made it a masterpiece of form. This highly regarded volume details in a comprehensive, step-by-step fashion the manner in which the major Athenian vases were made. Photographs of pottery from the Getty Museum and other collections provide ancient evidence from the interiors and exteriors of the …
The Palaikastro Kouros
Journeys of an Icon
The traditional account of the delivery of the gold and ivory Minoan Snake Goddess to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by a Cretan immigrant, formerly a workman at Knossos, is a fabrication. Previously unpublished documents reveal that two American archaeologists with close ties to the Museum were directly involved in transporting the statuette, in June 1914. Neither was interested in personal profit; rather, they acted as middlemen, apparently f…
The Furniture of Western Asia, Ancient and Traditional
Pheidias ἐλεφαντουργός
In this paper the author examines the philological and archaeological evidence that techniques of softening ivory and manipulating its shape were employed by Pheidias and his successors in the production of monumental chryselephantine statues. Prior to the Classical period, gold and ivory images appear to have been constructed of individually carved ivory faces and limbs attached to bodies fashioned of wood and subsequently gilded. The colossal s…
Attic Document Reliefs
Athenian Vase Construction
Greek vases are one of the world's finest ceramic traditions. Even before a vase became a painted masterpiece, its graceful lines and elegant proportions made it a masterpiece of form. This highly regarded volume details in a comprehensive, step-by-step fashion the manner in which the major Athenian vases were made. Photographs of pottery from the Getty Museum and other collections provide ancient evidence from the interiors and exteriors of the …
Journeys of an Icon
The traditional account of the delivery of the gold and ivory Minoan Snake Goddess to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by a Cretan immigrant, formerly a workman at Knossos, is a fabrication. Previously unpublished documents reveal that two American archaeologists with close ties to the Museum were directly involved in transporting the statuette, in June 1914. Neither was interested in personal profit; rather, they acted as middlemen, apparently f…
Attic Document Reliefs
Pheidias ἐλεφαντουργός
In this paper the author examines the philological and archaeological evidence that techniques of softening ivory and manipulating its shape were employed by Pheidias and his successors in the production of monumental chryselephantine statues. Prior to the Classical period, gold and ivory images appear to have been constructed of individually carved ivory faces and limbs attached to bodies fashioned of wood and subsequently gilded. The colossal s…
The Furniture of Western Asia, Ancient and Traditional
Journeys of an Icon
The traditional account of the delivery of the gold and ivory Minoan Snake Goddess to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by a Cretan immigrant, formerly a workman at Knossos, is a fabrication. Previously unpublished documents reveal that two American archaeologists with close ties to the Museum were directly involved in transporting the statuette, in June 1914. Neither was interested in personal profit; rather, they acted as middlemen, apparently f…
The Palaikastro Kouros
Athenian Vase Construction
Greek vases are one of the world's finest ceramic traditions. Even before a vase became a painted masterpiece, its graceful lines and elegant proportions made it a masterpiece of form. This highly regarded volume details in a comprehensive, step-by-step fashion the manner in which the major Athenian vases were made. Photographs of pottery from the Getty Museum and other collections provide ancient evidence from the interiors and exteriors of the …
History (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (3 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (3 works) · Classics (3 works) · Classics (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works)