Wall Paintings from Gordion in their Anatolian Context
(2023) In Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity p.217-233- Abstract
- Excavations conducted by the University of Pennsylvania at Phrygian Gordion have so far only revealed wall paintings from one small building. This structure was prominently located between two large Middle Phrygian megara at the outer court of the citadel and dates to the beginning of the Achaemenid period (ca. 500–490 BCE). The building was unique regarding both its decoration and architectural features. It was a semi-subterranean structure that consisted of one main chamber measuring about 3.50 × 4.75 m with a narrow antechamber in front. The mudbrick walls, once decorated with painted plaster, had collapsed during the Persian period, probably because the walls had been robbed of their supporting timber beams. Thousands of painted... (More)
- Excavations conducted by the University of Pennsylvania at Phrygian Gordion have so far only revealed wall paintings from one small building. This structure was prominently located between two large Middle Phrygian megara at the outer court of the citadel and dates to the beginning of the Achaemenid period (ca. 500–490 BCE). The building was unique regarding both its decoration and architectural features. It was a semi-subterranean structure that consisted of one main chamber measuring about 3.50 × 4.75 m with a narrow antechamber in front. The mudbrick walls, once decorated with painted plaster, had collapsed during the Persian period, probably because the walls had been robbed of their supporting timber beams. Thousands of painted plaster fragments were recovered during the excavations of the late 1950s. This paper discusses the artistic style, techniques, and iconography of these paintings from an Anatolian perspective, and takes into account contemporary Etruscan wall paintings. (Less)
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- Berndt, Susanne LU
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- publishing date
- 2023
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- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Phrygian wall painting, Lydian tomb painting, Painted House, blue beard, Matar, snakes, procession, Achaemenid Anatolia
- host publication
- Etruria and Anatolia : Material Connections and Artistic Exchange - Material Connections and Artistic Exchange
- series title
- Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity
- editor
- Baughan, Elizabeth P. and Pieraccini, Lisa C.
- pages
- 17 pages
- publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781009151016
- 9781009151023
- DOI
- 10.1017/9781009151016.019
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- English
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- yes
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- 05bdbb12-e20b-4e90-86f2-285d485bce9e
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