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"Like A Shadow Or Even A Dream": Memory And Haptic Motifs On Classical Attic Funerary Stelai, Vonne Daszkilewicz Apr 2023

"Like A Shadow Or Even A Dream": Memory And Haptic Motifs On Classical Attic Funerary Stelai, Vonne Daszkilewicz

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

During the third quarter of the fifth century BCE, Athens witnessed the revival of funerary stele reliefs. Sculpted motifs representing touch and interaction, often situated within familial scenes, characterized the grave monuments and contributed strongly to their tactility. Haptic stele motifs promoted the construction of memory by heightening the depiction of lasting bonds between living and deceased individuals. Grave reliefs provide a lasting representation of the deceased, while also serving as conspicuous reminders of the permanence of death. However, Attic funerary stelai provided a physical substitute for the departed towards which the living could direct their continued care and dedication. …


Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2019 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner Jan 2019

Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2019 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner

Department of Classics and General Humanities Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


The Library Of Pantainos: A Unique Ancient Library, Michael W. Handis May 2018

The Library Of Pantainos: A Unique Ancient Library, Michael W. Handis

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The Library of Pantainos is not typical of Greco-Roman libraries built around the same time. When comparing the library to two libraries built within 35 years of it, the Library of Celsus (135 CE) in Ephesus and the Library of Hadrian (132 CE), there are major differences in design. The Library of Pantainos proper was surrounded by two stoas, which housed various stores, the revenue from which may have been used in the upkeep of the library and its collection. The library was built on land that had been fallow since the sack of Sulla in 86 BCE. Contrary to …


Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2018 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner Jan 2018

Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2018 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner

Department of Classics and General Humanities Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2017 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner Jan 2017

Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2017 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner

Department of Classics and General Humanities Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2016 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner Jan 2016

Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2016 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner

Department of Classics and General Humanities Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2015 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner Jan 2015

Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2015 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner

Department of Classics and General Humanities Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2014 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner Jan 2014

Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2014 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner

Department of Classics and General Humanities Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2013 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner Jan 2013

Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2013 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner

Department of Classics and General Humanities Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2012 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner Jan 2012

Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2012 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner

Department of Classics and General Humanities Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


The “Villa Of The Antonines” Project 2010: The First Season Of Investigation, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner Jan 2011

The “Villa Of The Antonines” Project 2010: The First Season Of Investigation, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner

Department of Classics and General Humanities Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2011 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner Jan 2011

Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2011 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner

Department of Classics and General Humanities Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2010 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner Jan 2010

Villa Degli Antonini: Excavation Season 2010 Summary, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Timothy Renner

Department of Classics and General Humanities Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.