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The book provides insights into the various technical approaches and underlying bodies of knowledge in the different wall painting traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age and sheds light on how these may have been interwoven.

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Author:   Johannes Becker ,  Johannes Jungfleisch ,  Constance von Rüden
Publisher:   Sidestone Press
Imprint:   Sidestone Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9789088906879

ISBN 10:   9088906874
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   18 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Tracing Technoscapes in the Production of Eastern Mediterranean Wall Paintings. An Introduction Constance von Rüden, Johannes Jungfleisch, and Johannes Becker   Western Asia   Wall Painting Techniques in Early Bronze Syria. Clues of Parallelisms with the Traditions of the Mediterranean and Mesopotamian Regions Alessandro di Ludovico and Marco Ramazotti   Contextes techniques et historiques des peintures murales du grand palais royal de Mari. Une mise au point Béatrice Muller   Preliminary Remarks on the Technical and Iconographical Aspects of the Middle Bronze Age Wall Paintings from Tell el-Burak (Lebanon) in Relation to the Aegean and Egypt Julia Bertsch   The Advantages of Visible Induced Luminescence Technique for the Investigation of Aegean-style Wall Painting. A Case Study from Tel Kabri, Israel Ravit Linn, Eric Cline, and Assaf Yasur-Landau   Egypt   Original Painting Techniques. Methods and Materials in 18th Dynasty Tombs, in the Valley of the Nobles, Egypt Bianca Madden and Hugues Tavier   Malqata – The Painted Palace Peter Lacovara and Alexandra Winkels   How to Paint a Landscape. Technical Perspectives on the ‘Aegean’-style Landscape Paintings from Tell el-Dab’a Johannes Becker   For Further Information Please See the Back of the Plaster. Architectural Impressions in the ‘Aegean’-style Wall Paintings from Tell el-Dab’a Johannes Jungfleisch   Between Common Craft Tradition and Deviation. The Making of Stucco Reliefs in the Eastern Mediterranean Constance von Rüden and Tobias Skowronek   The Aegean   Forming the Image. Approaches to Painting at Ayia Irini, Kea and Tell el-Dab’a Lyvia Morgan   The Find Contexts of Knossian Palatial Wall Paintings. Some Ramifications Matthew Haysom   Bronze Age Wall Paintings from Thebes. Technical Aspects and State of Conservation Sofia Michailoglou, Maria Kaoglou, and Asterios Bakolas

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Johannes Becker studied Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Freiburg. After his graduation, he became a PhD-student at Heidelberg University. Furthermore, he has been a research assistant at the Ruhr-University Bochum since 2012. His research interests lie in the Aegean and the interconnections within the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age. Within the scope of his PhD-project, he studies the large-scale landscape paintings from Tell el-Dab’a. Johannes Jungfleisch has been employed as research assistant at the Ruhr-University Bochum since 2012. He studied Classical Archaeology and West Asiatic Archaeology at the University of Freiburg. Currently, he is in the final stages of his PhD-project at Free University of Berlin, in which he examines the large-scale simulations of architecture of the wall paintings from ‘Palace G’ at Tell el-Dab’a and their reception in the local Egyptian context. As an archaeologist, he has worked in Greece, Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt. Constance von Rüden is currently junior professor for Prehistory at the Ruhr-University Bochum with a special focus on Mediterranean prehistory and theory. Previously she held post-doc positions at the German Archaeological Institute in Athens, at the Cen

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