terracotta — {{hw}}{{terracotta}}{{/hw}}s. f. (pl. terrecotte ) 1 Argilla modellata seccata e cotta in forno ad alta temperatura, usata per fabbricare vasellame. 2 Manufatto di terracotta … Enciclopedia di italiano
Majapahit Terracotta — Majapahit piggy bank Majapahit Terracotta is the terracotta art and craft dated from Majapahit era circa 13th to 15th century. Significant terracotta earthenwares artifacts from this period were discovered in Trowulan, East Java. Over the years… … Wikipedia
Stefano Maderno — (1576 ndash; September 17, 1636) was an Italian sculptor. BiographyNews about Maderno s life are scarce and often contradictory. He was long supposed to have been a brother of the contemporary architect Carlo Maderno, and therefore to having been … Wikipedia
Satricum — (1) (modern Le Ferriere, but formerly identified with Conca), an ancient town of Latium, situated some 60 km to the SE of Rome, in a low lying region to the south of the Alban Hills, to the NW of and at the border of the former Pomptine Marshes.… … Wikipedia
Tanagra figurine — TOCleftThe Tanagra figurines were a mold cast type of Greek terracotta figurines produced from the later fourth century BCE, primarily in the Boeotian town of Tanagra. They were coated with a liquid white slip before firing and were sometimes… … Wikipedia
Art in ancient Greece — This article is part of the series on: History of Greek art Greek Bronze Age Cycladic art Minoan art Mycenean art Art in ancient Greece Archaic Greek art Classical Greek art Hellenistic a … Wikipedia
Nok culture — NOK redirects here. For other uses, see NOK (disambiguation). Coordinates: 9°30′N 8°0′E / 9.5°N 8°E / 9.5; 8 For the … Wikipedia
Dorothy Burr Thompson — (19 August 1900 – 10 May 2001) was a classical archaeologist and art historian at Bryn Mawr College and a leading authority on Hellenistic terracotta figurines. Contents 1 Biography 2 Publications 3 References … Wikipedia
State Archaeological Gallery — Established in 1962. Collections include rare tools of the Early, Middle and the Late Stone Ages from Susunia (Bankura) and other sites, proto historic antiquities from Pandu Rajar Dhibi (Burdwan), terracottas, sculptures, stone and stucco from… … Wikipedia
Theodore Spyropoulos — ( el. Θεόδωρος Σπυρόπουλος) is a Greek archeologist who is also a regional official of Greece s Central Archaeological Council.Excavations at TanagraAt Tanagra, Spyropoulos began excavating a large Mycenean cemetery in 1968. Every year up until… … Wikipedia