This study presents evidence for restoring the fragmentary painting from the islet of Pseira, located just off the northeastern coast of Crete. It argues against previous reconstructions, finding errors including ignoring the fragments' scales. With the fragments' scales accurately recorded, the study reveals a large-scale goddess facing a smaller suppliant in a presentation scene on an incurved altar platform. The reconstruction is based on examinations, drawings and photographs taken to scale of the fragments and digital imaging. The painted garments are translated into modern cloth replicas that adorn live models that pose as goddess and suppliant. Virtually restored to the east wall of Room 6, the goddess positively establishes the building already conjectured as a shrine and identifies it as the religious centre of the community. The painting's Knossian style and technique, and imported Knossian ritual vessels, argue for a strong Knossian religious presence at Pseira. Religious processions likely culminated at the shrine to present offerings to the goddess.
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This study of a fragmentary wall painting from the Minoan shrine on the islet of Pseira, located just off the northeastern coast of Crete, reveals a large-scale goddess facing a smaller suppliant in a presentation scene on an incurved altar platform; its style and technique argue for a strong Knossian religious presence at Pseira.
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Introduction; 1. History and Previous Reconstructions of the Painted Plaster Relief Fragments; 2. New Reconstruction of the Painted Plaster Relief Fragments; 3. Translating the Painted Garments into Cloth Replicas; 4. Knossian Presence at Pseira; 5. Religion and Ritual at Pseira; Conclusions; References; Index
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“Bernice Jones’ methodology of combining iconography and textile studies leads her to new interpretations of the pictorial scene in its entirety. The present study is welcome and highly necessary for gaining a more adequate understanding of this material from Pseira.” Fritz Blakolmer, expert in Aegean Bronze Age iconography and professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna

“The important nature of this Minoan wall painting--one of the most carefully made and meticulously detailed examples to survive from Crete--is emphasized in this convincing reconstruction of the iconography. It will become the accepted reconstruction for this significant fresco.” Philip P. Betancourt, expert in Minoan archaeology and excavator of the Minoan settlement at Pseira

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781931534390
Publisert
2025-01-31
Utgiver
Vendor
INSTAP Academic Press
Vekt
335 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Dybde
7 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
116

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Biografisk notat

Bernice Jones has taught and lectured widely on Minoan and Mycenaean dress and on her reconstructions of Aegean frescoes. Her publications include the book, Ariadne’s Threads: The Construction and Significance of Clothes in the Aegean Bronze Age (2015) .