The Mycenae-Vapheio Lion Group
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4534972 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John G Younger (0000-0002-0820-0635, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 285-299 |
| Publication date | 1978-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/504459 |
| OpenAlex | W2016060184 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
Efforts to identify artistic workshops of the Late Bronze Age have generally concentrated on products in individual media. Certain media, however, share techniques; for example, chasing in metal and carving in stone both use engraving techniques. Thus it is theoretically possible to attribute works in various media to a single workshop. The present paper discusses thirty-two Mycenaean objects ranging from bronze and niello daggers to lentoid sealstones. On stylistic grounds, these pieces may be divided into an early and a late phase of a single artistic workshop. On the bases of the provenience and dated contexts of the attributed works this workshop began production at Mycenae in LH I for the nobles buried in Shaft Grave III; the workshop's style seems to have run its course in LH II, as seen in the attributed works from the Vapheio and Rutsi tholoi. Because the products of the workshop have mainly been identified through certain stylistic traits in the rendering of lions, and because these products have mainly come to light at Mycenae and Vapheio, they may be said to form the Mycenae-Vapheio Lion Group
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Carving · Style (visual arts · Visual arts · Ancient Near East History · History · Law, logistics, and international trade · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |