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Cypriote vases of the Free-field style: some questions concerning the composition and meaning of the painting
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-1-1-15-27
Abstract
Painted vases of the Free-field style dating to the seventh century BC are among the most original products of Cypriot artists. Operating with a limited number of primary motifs, such as solar discs or floral signs, they create a new compositional type, multi-level and including both animal and human figures. The most common subject-matter of this painting seems to be the World Tree flanked by adorants. These images find parallels among the other Archaic Cypriot vases representing the so-called Sacred Garden, with goddesses carrying libation jugs and inhaling the aroma of lotus flowers. Probably such scenes convey the concept of new birth owing to the goddesses performing the libation ritual.
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D. A. KalinichevRussian Federation
Dmitry A. Kalinichev, researcher
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For citation: Kalinichev D.A. Cypriote vases of the Free-field style: some questions concerning the composition and meaning of the painting. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2019;(1-1):15-27. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-1-1-15-27
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