Takashi Seki (archaeologist)

Takashi Seki ( Japanese 関 隆 志 Seki Takashi ; born February 16, 1939 in Kyōto , Kyōto Prefecture ) is a Japanese classical archaeologist . As a researcher, he dealt with Greek ceramics, architecture and sculptures from the time of the Geometric Style to the end of Hellenism . He also researched the art of the Roman Empire . He has been an honorary member of the Athens Archaeological Society since 1987 . As a member of the international scientific committee and editorial committee, he worked on the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae . Since 1997 he has been a guest member of the German Archaeological Institute and professor emeritus at the Osaka City University .

Life

Seki was born in Kyōto in 1939 and attended the "Nishinomiya High School in Hyōgo Prefecture" ( 兵 庫 県 立 西宮 高等学校 ). He studied linguistics at the International Christian University in Mitaka , Tokyo , but also dealt with cultural and social sciences and worked as an interpreter at international conferences until 1969. From 1970 he studied classical archeology at the Ruhr University Bochum with Bernard Andreae , Klaus Fittschen and Volker Michael Strocka . In 1975 he became a research assistant in the archeology department in Bochum. In 1978 he received his doctorate with the thesis "Investigations into the relationship between vessel shape and painting of Attic bowls" ( ア ッ テ ィ カ 杯 の 形状 と 装飾 画 の 相関 関係 の 考察 ). In 1980 he returned to Japan and taught at the universities of Kwansei-Gakuin , Shimane and the Kobe Women's University. In 1982 he became an assistant professor at Osaka University, where he taught from 1987 until his retirement in 2001. With the support of a travel grant, he visited museums in 14 cities in six different countries and published his results in 1985 in the work “Investigations on the relationship between the shape of vessels and the painting of Attic bowls” by Gebr. Mann Verlag . From 2002 to 2009 he worked as a professor emeritus at the University of Takarazuka .

During a long research stay to investigate the Olympia sanctuary , he attended the funeral of Melina Mercouri in Greece in 1994 and published an obituary in the Asahi Shimbun .

Works

Monographs

• Investigations into the relationship between vessel shape and painting of Attic bowls. Gebrüder Mann Verlag, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-7861-1285-1 .
• パ ル テ ノ ン と ギ リ シ ア 陶器 (roughly: Greek ceramics and ceramics of the Parthenon ). Tōshindō Publishing House, 1996, ISBN 4-88713-203-4 .
• ア ッ テ ィ カ 杯 - ギ リ シ ア 美術 の 比例 と 装飾 の 研究 - (for example: Attic vessels - an investigation of ornamentation and proportion in Greek art ). Chūōkōron Bijutsu Publishing House, 2008, ISBN 978-4-8055-0576-2 .

Essays

• A new bowl of archers. In: Archäologischer Anzeiger , 1981, pp. 44-64 (ISSN 0003-8105)
• The Relationship between the "Older" and the "Periclean" Parthenon . In: Ernst Berger (Ed.): Speeches and reports. Parthenon Congress. Volume 1, Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1984, ISBN 3-8053-0769-1 , pp. 75-79.
• Euphronios and Python, Analytical Studies on the Structure of their Cups. In: Ancient Greek and related pottery. Proceedings of the international vase symposium, Amsterdam 12-15 April 1984 (= Allard Pierson Series. Volume 5). Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam 1984, ISBN 90-71211-07-X , pp. 154-159.
• Some Notes on the so-called Golden Section. In: Philia epi eis GE Mylonan. Hen Athenais Arxaiologike Etaireia, Athens 1987, pp. 327-334.
• Principles of Design in Greek Art. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of Classical Archeology. Ταμείο Αρχαιολογικών Πόρων και Απαλλοτριώσεων, Athens 1989.
• London E 84, a Trick Cup? In: Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Ancient Greek and Related Pottery. Ny Carlsberg glyptotek, Copenhagen 1988, ISBN 0-8774-5291-1 , pp. 585-591.
• Doryphoros in Naples. A Critical Study on the Roman Copy. In: Files of the XIII. International Congress of Classical Archeology. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1990, ISBN 3-8053-1099-4 , pp. 514-516.
• Art and Environment in Ancient Athens. A Secret of the Proportion 1: 0.382. In: Empirical Studies of the Arts. Volume 21, Number 2, 2003, pp. 117–126 (ISSN 0276-2374)
• The Magic Section: A Discovery. In: Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Classical Archeology. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2006, ISBN 1-8421-7183-6 , pp. 62-65.
• A Study on Accurate Representation of Athenian Vase-Paintings and a Discovery. In: José María Álvarez Martínez, Trinidad Nogales Basarrate, Isabel Rodà de Llanza (ed.): Actas del XVIII Congreso Internacional Arqueologia Clasica. Volume 2, Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Merida 2014, ISBN 978-84-606-7949-3 , pp. 1359-1362.

Lexicon article

• Euergides . In: Artists lexicon of antiquity. Volume 1, Verlag KG Saur, Munich 2001.
• Pamphaios . In: Artists lexicon of antiquity. Volume 2, Verlag KG Saur, Munich 2004.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 関 隆 志 名誉 教授 略 歴 ・ 著作 目録 ・ そ の 他 , 『人文 研究』 in: Overview of the researchers at Osaka University ( 大阪 市立 大学 大 学院 文学 研究 科 紀要 ), 2002, issue 54, pp. 1–9