Books by Dr Kosmas A. Dafas
Book/Monograph - BICS Supplement 138 - Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplements, Jun 2019
This book presents a new study of Greek large-scale bronze statuary of the late Archaic and Class... more This book presents a new study of Greek large-scale bronze statuary of the late Archaic and Classical periods. It examines the discovery, origin, style, date, artistic attribution, identification, and interpretation of the surviving bronzes, and focuses in particular on their technical features and casting techniques. It contains over 170 plates of photographs and drawings to illustrate its discussion.
It also places the development of the casting techniques in connection with the stylistic evolution in Greek free-standing sculpture. During the Classical period, artists preferred bronze to marble when creating their contrapposto figures. Indisputably, bronze gave particular freedom to artists in creating three-dimensional figures. In addition, the evolution in style encouraged the development of the uses of bronze to serve the new needs and tendencies in sculpture during the late Archaic and especially the Classical period. Through the examination of how technical matters affect style, this book presents fresh interpretations of these important monuments of Greek art and offers a new approach in the field of Greek free-standing bronze sculpture.
Papers by Dr Kosmas A. Dafas
AEGIS, 2015
This article is based on the conclusions I drew on the casting technique of the bronze Antikyther... more This article is based on the conclusions I drew on the casting technique of the bronze Antikythera ephebe in my MRes and my PhD theses: Dafas, K. A., 2008. Ο Χάλκινος Έφηβος των Αντικυθήρων, Master’s Thesis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki) 45-56 and Dafas, K. A., 2013. Greek Large-Scale Bronze Statuary Revisited: The Late Archaic and Classical Periods, PhD Thesis, King’s College London, University of London (London) 103-109, respectively. This article discusses the technical features and the casting technique of the so-called Antikythera ephebe, a bronze statue found in the sea off the small island of Antikythera in the beginning of the twentieth century. While the discovery, style, date, artistic attribution and identification of the statue have been discussed previously in scholarship, a number of problematic issues still remain to be resolved, the most important of which is the casting technique. Through scrutiny of the technical features of the statue, this article sheds light on the exact casting method used for its production, thus, contributing to our better understanding of contemporary casting techniques used in Greek monumental bronze statuary during the late Classical period.
Aegis: Essays in Mediterranean Archaeology presented to Matti Egon by the scholars of the Greek Archaeological Committee UK (Oxford) 137-146, figs 1-6, 2015
This article is based on the conclusions I drew on the casting technique of the bronze Antikyther... more This article is based on the conclusions I drew on the casting technique of the bronze Antikythera ephebe in my MRes and my PhD theses: Dafas, K. A., 2008. Ο Χάλκινος Έφηβος των Αντικυθήρων, Master’s Thesis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki) 45-56 and Dafas, K. A., 2013. Greek Large-Scale Bronze Statuary Revisited: The Late Archaic and Classical Periods, PhD Thesis, King’s College London, University of London (London) 103-109, respectively.
This article discusses the technical features and the casting technique of the so-called Antikythera ephebe, a bronze statue found in the sea off the small island of Antikythera in the beginning of the twentieth century. While the discovery, style, date, artistic attribution and identification of the statue have been discussed previously in scholarship, a number of problematic issues still remain to be resolved, the most important of which is the casting technique. Through scrutiny of the technical features of the statue, this article sheds light on the exact casting method used for its production, thus, contributing to our better understanding of contemporary casting techniques used in Greek monumental bronze statuary during the late Classical period.
Conference Presentations by Dr Kosmas A. Dafas
XXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes, Institute for Classical Archaeology Tübingen, Uni... more XXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes, Institute for Classical Archaeology Tübingen, University of Tübingen, 17-21 April 2018.
Talks by Dr Kosmas A. Dafas
University of Oxford, School of Archaeology, Greek Archaeology Group
King’s College London, Portable Antiquities Scheme, Roman Iconography Training Day
Institute of Classical Studies, London Roman Art Seminar 2014 - Joint presentation with Dr John P... more Institute of Classical Studies, London Roman Art Seminar 2014 - Joint presentation with Dr John Pearce (King's College London) on: 'Detecting provincial culture: Roman bronzes reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme 1997-2013.'
King’s College London, Department of Classics Seminar
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Books by Dr Kosmas A. Dafas
It also places the development of the casting techniques in connection with the stylistic evolution in Greek free-standing sculpture. During the Classical period, artists preferred bronze to marble when creating their contrapposto figures. Indisputably, bronze gave particular freedom to artists in creating three-dimensional figures. In addition, the evolution in style encouraged the development of the uses of bronze to serve the new needs and tendencies in sculpture during the late Archaic and especially the Classical period. Through the examination of how technical matters affect style, this book presents fresh interpretations of these important monuments of Greek art and offers a new approach in the field of Greek free-standing bronze sculpture.
Papers by Dr Kosmas A. Dafas
This article discusses the technical features and the casting technique of the so-called Antikythera ephebe, a bronze statue found in the sea off the small island of Antikythera in the beginning of the twentieth century. While the discovery, style, date, artistic attribution and identification of the statue have been discussed previously in scholarship, a number of problematic issues still remain to be resolved, the most important of which is the casting technique. Through scrutiny of the technical features of the statue, this article sheds light on the exact casting method used for its production, thus, contributing to our better understanding of contemporary casting techniques used in Greek monumental bronze statuary during the late Classical period.
Conference Presentations by Dr Kosmas A. Dafas
Talks by Dr Kosmas A. Dafas
It also places the development of the casting techniques in connection with the stylistic evolution in Greek free-standing sculpture. During the Classical period, artists preferred bronze to marble when creating their contrapposto figures. Indisputably, bronze gave particular freedom to artists in creating three-dimensional figures. In addition, the evolution in style encouraged the development of the uses of bronze to serve the new needs and tendencies in sculpture during the late Archaic and especially the Classical period. Through the examination of how technical matters affect style, this book presents fresh interpretations of these important monuments of Greek art and offers a new approach in the field of Greek free-standing bronze sculpture.
This article discusses the technical features and the casting technique of the so-called Antikythera ephebe, a bronze statue found in the sea off the small island of Antikythera in the beginning of the twentieth century. While the discovery, style, date, artistic attribution and identification of the statue have been discussed previously in scholarship, a number of problematic issues still remain to be resolved, the most important of which is the casting technique. Through scrutiny of the technical features of the statue, this article sheds light on the exact casting method used for its production, thus, contributing to our better understanding of contemporary casting techniques used in Greek monumental bronze statuary during the late Classical period.