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Lesson 16.4: Iconography

Lesson 16 Bibliography: The Shaft Graves

F. Blakolmer, “The Silver Battle Krater from Shaft Grave IV at Mycenae: Evidence of Fighting ‘Heroes’ on Minoan Palace Walls at Knossos?,” in S. P. Morris and R. Laffineur (eds.), EPOS. Reconsidering Greek Epic and Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology [Aegaeum 28] (Liège/Austin 2007) 213-224.

F. Blakolmer, “Der autochthone Stil der Schachtgräberperiode im bronzezeitlichen Griechenland als Zeugnis für eine mittelhelladische Bildkunst,” ÖJh 76(2007) 65-88.

F. Blakolmer, “The Iconography of the Shaft Grave Period as Evidence for a Middle Helladic Tradition of Figurative Arts?,” in A. Philippa-Touchais, G. Touchais, S. Voutsaki, and J. Wright (eds.), MESOHELLADIKA: The Greek Mainland in the Middle Bronze Age [BCH Suppl. 52] (Paris 2010) 508-519.

F. Blakolmer, “The ‘Minoanisation’ of the Arts in LC I Akrotiri and LH I Mycenae: Similarities and Differences,” in J. Driessen (ed.), RA-PI-NE-U: Studies on the Mycenaean World Offered to Robert Laffineur for his 70th Birthday [Aegis 10] (Louvain-la-Neuve 2016) 69-84.

S. W. Carter, ‘The Battle of the Glen’ Revisited: A Gold Signet Ring (CMS I 16) of the Aegean Late Bronze Age in Its Full Iconographic Context (undergraduate Honors thesis, Dartmouth College 2000).

J. Crouwel, “Pictorial Pottery from Mycenae at the Time of the Shaft Graves,” in R. Laffineur (ed.), Transition. Le monde égéen du Bronze moyen au Bronze récent [Aegaeum 3] (Liège 1989) 155-165.

J. L. Crowley, “Subject Matter in Aegean Art: The Crucial Changes,” in R. Laffineur (ed.), Transition. Le monde égéen du Bronze moyen au Bronze récent [Aegaeum 3] (Liège 1989) 203-214.

S. Hiller, “Scenes of Warfare and Combat in the Arts of Aegean Late Bronze Age. Reflections on Typology and Development,” in R. Laffineur (ed.), POLEMOS. Le contexte guerrier en Égée à l'Âge du Bronze [Aegaeum 19] (Liège/Austin 1999) 319-330.

J. T. Hooker, “The Mycenae Siege Rhyton and the Question of Egyptian Influence,” AJA 71(1967) 269-281.

R. Laffineur, “Early Mycenaean Art: Some Evidence from the West House in Thera,” BICS 30(1983) 111-122.

R. Laffineur, “Iconographie mycénienne et symbolisme guerrier,” Art & Fact: Revue des historiens, archéologues et orientalistes de l'Université de Liège 2(1983) 38-49.

R. Laffineur, “Mycenaeans at Thera: Further Evidence?,” in R. Hägg and N. Marinatos (eds.), The Minoan Thalassocracy: Myth and Reality (Stockholm 1984) 133-139. 

R. Laffineur, “Iconographie minoenne et iconographie mycénienne à l'époque des tombes à fosse,” in P. Darcque and J-C. Poursat (eds.), L'iconographie minoenne [BCH Suppl. 11] (Paris 1985) 245-266.

R. Laffineur, “Material and Craftsmanship in the Mycenae Shaft Graves: Imports vs. Local Production,” Minos 25-26(1990-91) 245-295.

W.-D. Niemeier, “Mycenaean Elements in the Miniature Fresco from Thera,” in D. Hardy (ed.), TAW  III:1 (Athens 1990) 267-286.

N. Papadimitriou, E. Konstantinidi-Syvridi, and A. Goumas, “Technological Study and Interpretation of Rhomboid Accessories from Grave Circle A, Mycenae,” in J. Driessen (ed.), RA-PI-NE-U: Studies on the Mycenaean World Offered to Robert Laffineur for his 70th Birthday [Aegis 10] (Louvain-la-Neuve 2016) 245-262.

A. Târlea, “Playing by the Rules: Swords and Swordfighters in the Mycenaean Society,” Dacia 48-49(2004-05) 125-150.

N. R. Thomas, “The War Animal: Three Days in the Life of the Mycenaean Lion,” in R. Laffineur (ed.), POLEMOS. Le contexte guerrier en Égée à l'Âge du Bronze [Aegaeum 19] (Liège/Austin 1999) 297-311.

N. R. Thomas, “The Early Mycenaean Lion Up to Date,” in A. Chapin (ed.), CHARIS: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr [Hesperia Supplement 33] (Princeton 2004) 161-206.

E. Vermeule, The Art of the Shaft Graves of Mycenae (Norman 1975).

C. Vonhoff, Darstellungen von Kampf und Krieg in der minoischen und mykenischen Kultur (Rahden/Westfalen 2008).

A. Xenaki-Sakellariou, “Identité minoenne et identité mycénienne à travers les compositions figuratives,” in P. Darcque and J-C. Poursat (eds.), L'iconographie minoenne [BCH Suppl. 11] (Paris 1985) 293-309.


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