Publications and collections situated in Vienna

University of Vienna

The Archaeological Collection of the University of Vienna: - F. Brein (Ed.), Kyprische Vasen und Terrakotten, Kataloge der Archaeologischen Sammlung der Universitaet Wien I (Vienna 1997).

contents: life and work of Felix von Luschan and Eugen Oberhummer by H. Wolf;

26 vases from the EC to CA periods by L. Dollhofer;

14 terracottas mainly from the CA period by K. Schaller

review from Paul Åström in: Journal of Prehistoric Religion 1112, 1998, p. 90:

"Nicely printed on glossy paper this is an excellent catalogue of Cypriote vases and terracottas in the archaeological collection of the University of Vienna. It is not so often one finds such thorough and careful descriptions, comments and observations as in this catalogue written by Lotte Dollhofer and Kurt Schaller. The collection comprises Bronze and Iron Age pottery and terracottas as well as two Syro-Palestinian so called "Astarte" figurines and a particularly interesting male Cypro-Archaic terracotta with punctured decoration on the head and neck. The book also contains informative biographies by Harald Wolf of two Austrian scholars, Felix von Luschan, the excavator of Çinçirli, and Eugen Oberhummer, both donors of objects to the collection. The latter's geographical work on the island of Cyprus which appeared in 1903 is still useful."

Bronzezeitliche und geometrische Keramik Archaische Lokalstile, Kataloge der Archaeologischen Sammlung der Universitaet Wien II F. Brein (Ed.),Vienna 1999.

contents (only the cypriote-relevant parts): Mycenean vases, which are said to come from Cyprus and an addendum with further unpublished Cypriote objects in the collection, a solid WHP animal figurine! and 2 CA vases by L. Dollhofer and K. Schaller.

The Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna

L. Marinelli (Ed.), "Meine ... alten und dreckigen Goetter". Aus Sigmund Freuds Sammlung (Frankfurt/Main 1998).

contents: among others the first publication of the Cypriote objects of the Freud-Collection in Vienna.

The Museum of Art History Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

CVA Oesterreich 4, Kunsthistorisches Museum 4 (Vienna 1984) by A. Bernhard-Walcher.
contents: Cypriote Bronze Age vases of the museum

contents: Cypriote Bronze Age vases of the museum by A. Bernhard-Walcher. - announcement of the A.G. Leventis Foundation (autumn 1999)

Die Sammlung zyprischer Antiken im Kunsthistorischen Museum, by A. Bernhard-Walcher, G. Dembski, K. Gschwantler, V. Karageorghis. The Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis and the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Vienna 1999. Text in German and English.

contents (announcement of the A.G. Leventis Foundation): "This lavishly illustrated volume describes the collection of Cypriote antiquities in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The objects date to various periods from the Early Bronze Age to the Roman period. They comprise vases, limestone sculptures, terracotta statuettes and fragments, lamps, glasses, bronzes and various stone and terracotta tools. A detailed catalogue is provided of 113 objects, all illustrated in colour. Additional chapters cover the development of Cypriote archaeology during the past century and the history of the collection in Vienna. All of the text is given in full in German and English."

Other publications: K. Schaller, Werkstaetten und Kultstaetten. Bronzezeitliche Gueterproduktion im Umfeld kultischer Einrichtungen, in: E. Specht (Ed.), Alltaegliches Altertum (Frankfurt/Main - Berlin etc. 1998) 3759.
contents: "Werkstaetten und Kultstaetten" deals with the various ways of integration of economical production in sanctuaries and other places with ritual connotations on Cyprus and the BA Aegean.

L. Dollhofer K. Schaller, Ueber die Quadratur kreisfoermiger Heiligtuemer der kyprischen Bronzezeit, in: L. Dollhofer C. Kneringer H. Noedl K. Schaller E. Trinkl (Ed.), Altmodische Archaeologie. Festschrift für Friedrich Brein (CD-Rom, Vienna 2000). Forum Archaeologiae Zeitschrift für klassische Archaeologie 14/III/2000 (http://farch.tsx.org).
contents: The so-called Vounous-Model, often quoted as "evidence" for "early BA sacral architecture and cult practice", is once more discussed in this article. The most important interpretations are presented and checked for their relevance. The authors come to the conclusion, that the complexity of the representation speaks against a too realistic view of the model. Following newer interpretations which stress its allegorical character the Vounous-Model is understood as an arranged composition of single scenes that represent a wide spectrum of symbolic aspects.

K. Schaller, Methodische Ansaetze zur Interpretation von bronzezeitlichen Koerperzeichen, in: F. Blakolmer (Ed.), Oesterreichische Forschungen zur Aegaeischen Bronzezeit. Kongress 2.3. Mai 1998 (in press).
contents: The author proposes a methodological framework for the interpretation of bodily marks found on archaeological objects from the BA Aegean and from Cyprus.

K. Schaller, Zu den Koerperzeichen auf einem bronzezeitlichen Terrakottakopf in Boston, Forum Archaeologiae Zeitschrift für klassische Archaeologie 3/V/1997 (http://farch.tsx.org).
contents: The article refers to a Mycenaean rhyton in form of a human head with bodily marks in Boston (published by E. Vermeule in RDAC 1988, 299f.) and points out parallels to a 1st M Cypriot terracotta in the Vienna University Collection.

all material courtesy of Mag. Lotte Dolhofer

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