Ornament on Greek vases from Archaic to Classical period – current state of research

• Thesis title in Czech: Ornament na řeckých vázach archaické a klasické epochy – stav bádaní
• Thesis title in English: Ornament on Greek vases from Archaic to Classical period – current state of research
• Key words: řecké vázy|ornament|archaické období|klasické období|Athény
• English key words: greek vases|ornament|archaic period|classical period|Athens
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2018/2019
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute for Classical Archeology (21-UKAR)
• Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Jan Bažant, CSc.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 22.03.2019
• Date of assignment: 22.03.2019
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 12.01.2022
• Date and time of defence: 31.01.2022 12:30
• Date of electronic submission: 13.01.2022
• Date of proceeded defence: 31.01.2022
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: Mgr. Zuzana Kroutilová Jamrichová, Ph.D.

Guidelines

The thesis should focus on the ornamentation found on Greek vases of the Archaic and Classical period. It will map the development of ornament and secondary decorations bordering mains scenes and serving as a filling piece on the neck and the body of the vases. Ornaments found in the main scene are out of the scope of this work. The text will be organized chronologically and by motives themselves, such as lotus flowers, palmettes, check borders, flower buds, rays, ivy leaf, key, meander, tongues, etc.
In the introduction, the student will briefly explore the perception of ornamentation and pattern in the art-historical research. She will also try to map out the development of ornamentation before and after the selected periods, in order to see the transformation they underwent.

References

Bentz, Martin, and Erika Kunze Goette, eds. “Ornamentik und Werkstatt.” In Vasenforschung und Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Standortbestimmung und Perspektiven, 97–110. Muenchen: C.H.Beck, 2002.
Dinsmoor, William Bell. “The Athenian Treasury as Dated by Its Ornament.” American Journal of Archaeology 50, no. 1 (January 1946): 86. doi: 10.2307/499752.
Gombrich, E. H. The Sense of Order: A Study in the Psychology of Decorative Art. 2nd ed. London: Phaidon Press, 1984.
Jacobsthal, Paul. Ornamente Griechischer Vasen Aufnahmen, Beschreibungen und Untersuchungen. Berlin: Frankfurter Verlags-anstalt, 1927.
Kunisch, N. “Über Das Blattzickzack-Ornament.” In Otium: Festschrift Für Volker Michael Strocka, edited by Thomas Ganschow, Matthias Steinhard, Dietrich Berges, and Thomas Fröhlich, 1.,., 201–4. Remshalden: Bernhard Albert Greiner, 2005.
Lezzi-Hafter, Adrienne. Der Schuwalow-Maler: Eine Kannenwerkstatt der Parthenonzeit. Mainz/Rhein: wbg Philipp von Zabern in Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1976.