Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum

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The Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum (abbreviated CVA ) is an international research project for the research and publication of ancient ceramics .

The Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum goes back to the initiative of the French archaeologist Edmond Pottier , who held a first preparatory meeting in Paris in 1919. It was decided to collect and publish ceramics in a corpus according to uniform guidelines . The first volume, Louvre, fasc. 1 , published by Pottier in 1922. Initially, six partner countries came together, today 26 countries belong to the project. Each country is responsible for the publications in its sphere of activity. The Union Académique Internationale in Brussels, whose oldest project is the CVA, has taken on patronage for the entire company. The CVA is traditionally headed by a French scientist; the current director is Juliette de La Genière . The German volumes, the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Germany , are supervised by the Commission for the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich. The Austrian volumes, the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Austria , is supervised by the Austrian Academy of Sciences . Switzerland is coordinated at the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (headed by Christoph Reusser ). Currently, only publicly accessible collections in museums are included.

management

The company's directors have so far been:

Publications

The CVA publishes ancient Greek, Italian and Cypriot clay pots from the 7th millennium BC. BC to late antiquity divided into individual fascicles by country and museum . The original plan for a publication of all ceramics from the Mediterranean region, Europe, the Middle East and the Middle East was dropped in 1956 due to its obvious impracticability. The original plan to include all ceramics from prehistoric and ancient oriental cultures was abandoned in the 1940s because of the lack of prospect of feasibility. To date, more than 100,000 items from 28 countries and more than 150 collections have been described in around 395 volumes. Of these, including three volumes from the GDR, 103 volumes have been published for German collections (as of 2016, see Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Germany ). Since 2004, the text and images of all volumes of the CVA that have been published up to then have also been freely available as a database on the Internet. The languages ​​of publication are English, French, German and Italian; a Greek request to publish in Greek was rejected. Initially, the volumes were made up of loose cardboard picture panels and an accompanying booklet, but individual volumes are now published in bound book form. To be included in the volumes, vases must meet certain requirements, which often lead to a new restoration. So vase fragments must be recognizable and distinguishable from modern additions. A vase is first described in its condition, followed by an iconographic interpretation and, if possible, assignment to painters' hands or workshops. This also includes graphic and photographic documentation - partly in color since the 2010s. The last step in the documentation by the CVA is a chronological classification.

Scientific and digital methods

In 2006 the working group in Austria used a 3D scanner for the first time for the CVA to record the vessel shapes and thus forms the basis for the most recently published volumes. For this purpose, all profile sections and several unrolls were calculated from the high-resolution 3D data using the GigaMesh software framework as the basis for the images. The Austrian CVA sub-project is to date the only one that uses scientific and digital methods.

Participating States

Country Responsible institution current leader previous volumes first volume last volume Remarks Wikipedia link
Australia Margaret C. Miller 2 2008 2008 CVA Australia
Belgium Jean Balty 3 1926 1949 CVA Belgium
Denmark Bodil Bundgaard Rasmussen 10 1925 2004 CVA Denmark
Germany Bavarian Academy of Sciences Paul Zanker 105 1938 2019 so far seven supplements; Among the 105 volumes are one Austrian and six from the GDR CVA Germany
GDR Academy of Sciences of the GDR 3 1972 1990 between 1959 and 1968 six volumes appeared in the Gesamtdeutsche series; continued in the all-German series CVA Germany
Finland Leena Pietilä-Castrén 1 2003 2003 CVA Finland
France Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Juliette de La Genière 42 1923 2010 CVA France
Greece Maria Pipili 13 1930 2012 CVA Greece
Ireland 1 2001 2001 CVA Ireland
Italy Unione accademica nazionale Luigi M. Todisco 80 1925 2015 Supplements appeared in 1974 and 1999 CVA Italy
Japan Japanese Academy of Sciences Akira Mizuta 2 1981 1991 CVA Japan
Yugoslavia 4th 1934 1979 is from CVA Serbia continued CVA Yugoslavia
Canada 1 1981 1981 CVA Canada
Croatia 1 2008 2008 CVA Croatia
New Zealand Dick Green 1 1979 1979 CVA New Zealand
Netherlands Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Ruurd B. Halbertsma 12 1927 2009 CVA Netherlands
Norway Axel Seeberg 2 1964 2000 CVA Norway
Austria Austrian Academy of Sciences Andreas Pülz 7th 1951 2019 the first volume on today's Austria appeared in 1942 as part of the CVA Germany ; since 2013 two supplements have also been published CVA Austria
Poland Polska Akademia Umiejętności Ewdkosia Papuci-Władyka 11 1932 2012 CVA Poland
Romania Lucia Marinescu 2 1965 1968 CVA Romania
Russia Olga Tugeschewa 21st 1996 2012 CVA Russia
Sweden Charlotte Scheffer 4th 1980 1995 CVA Sweden
Switzerland Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences Christoph Reusser 10 1962 2015 CVA Switzerland
Serbia and Montenegro 1 2004 2004 which sets CVA Yugoslavia continues CVA Serbia
Spain Ricardo Olmos 6th 1930 1987 CVA Spain
Czech Republic Marie Dufková 4th 1978 2000 including the Czechoslovak volumes continued by the Czech series CVA Czech Republic
Turkey 1 2009 2009 CVA Turkey
Hungary 3 1981 2017 CVA Hungary
United Kingdom British Academy John Boardman 25th 1925 2010 CVA UK
United States Archaeological Institute of America John H. Oakley 39 1926 2015 CVA USA
Cyprus Vassos Karageorghis 2 1963 1965 CVA Cyprus

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Jump up ↑ Hubert Mara, Elisabeth Trinkl, Paul Kammerer, Ernestine Zolda: 3D-Acquisition and Multi-Spectral Readings for Documentation of Polychrome Ceramics in the Antiquities Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna . In: Proceedings of the International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting (ICHIM) . 2007 ( archimuse.com ).
  2. ^ Elisabeth Trinkl: Attic red-figure vessels and white-ground lekyths . In: Kunsthistorisches Museum - Antikensammlung (Ed.): Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum KHM . tape 5 , 2011, ISBN 978-3-7001-6612-2 ( khm.at ).
  3. ^ Claudia Lang-Auinger, Stephan Karl and Bettina Kratzmüller: Bronze Age and Iron Age vessels from Cyprus. Attic geometric and protoattic vessels . In: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften - VÖAW (ed.): Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Austria Volume 7 KHM Vienna . tape 6 , 2019, ISBN 978-3-7001-8267-2 ( verlag.oeaw.ac.at ).

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