Ancient Ages – Künstler-Lexikon der Antike. (Dictionary of Artists of the Ancient Ages.) Ed. by Rainer Vollkommer. Redacted by Doris Vollkommer-Glökler. 2 vols. 2001-04. LIX, 435; VIII, 560 pp. Bound.

With the inevitable priority of the Mediterranean nevertheless the neighboring countries were considered accordingly to the extension of the ancient empires over the region of the Black Sea and the near and middle east up to the Indus or the Roman provinces north of the Alps. Written by 165 international experts from 24 countries on all continents, the

consider all important kinds of ancient art production, especially architecture, painting, sculpture, vases, mosaics, bronzes, terra-cottas. Excluded are products of daily life without artistic or mental identity of creation though not proclaiming the present state of knowledge as a dogma. Thus also the biographies of artists are included who latest research called in question or even rejected.

Besides the wealth of artists known only through ancient literature especially standing out

the  first  compilation  of  Egyptian  artists

just as other periods and categories only poorly considered by art history are made accessible. About 1500 of the recorded artists were active in regions ruled by Greeks, 1200 in the Roman Empire and 900 in old Egypt. – Vol. II with appendix on about 150 artists not yet identified by name when vol. I was published. – Complete text also fully integrated into World Biographical Dictionary of Artists, the CD-ROM edition of the Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon.
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