Monsters, Chimeras, Masks or Gods?

The National Museum in Krakow contains an outstanding set of gems collected by Constantine Schmidt-Ciążyński (1818-1889). Within this extensive group of objects, two very rare intaglios bearing a particular intriguing motif, the double-headed device, stand out from the rest. Since the very beginnin...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7e20cda9920f4272b0260fc20687e3802021-11-27T13:19:51ZMonsters, Chimeras, Masks or Gods?10.12797/SAAC.17.2013.17.171899-15482449-867Xhttps://doaj.org/article/7e20cda9920f4272b0260fc20687e3802013-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/3058https://doaj.org/toc/1899-1548https://doaj.org/toc/2449-867X The National Museum in Krakow contains an outstanding set of gems collected by Constantine Schmidt-Ciążyński (1818-1889). Within this extensive group of objects, two very rare intaglios bearing a particular intriguing motif, the double-headed device, stand out from the rest. Since the very beginning, scholars have interpreted this kind of depiction differently and many different hypotheses have been drawn. This paper aims to explain the meaning of this strange iconography and from whence it originated. Paweł GołyźniakKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleBesConstantine Schmidt-CiążyńskiDionysosdouble-headed devicegemsintagliosAncient historyD51-90History of the artsNX440-632ENFRStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, Vol 17 (2013)
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FR
topic Bes
Constantine Schmidt-Ciążyński
Dionysos
double-headed device
gems
intaglios
Ancient history
D51-90
History of the arts
NX440-632
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Constantine Schmidt-Ciążyński
Dionysos
double-headed device
gems
intaglios
Ancient history
D51-90
History of the arts
NX440-632
Paweł Gołyźniak
Monsters, Chimeras, Masks or Gods?
description The National Museum in Krakow contains an outstanding set of gems collected by Constantine Schmidt-Ciążyński (1818-1889). Within this extensive group of objects, two very rare intaglios bearing a particular intriguing motif, the double-headed device, stand out from the rest. Since the very beginning, scholars have interpreted this kind of depiction differently and many different hypotheses have been drawn. This paper aims to explain the meaning of this strange iconography and from whence it originated.
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title Monsters, Chimeras, Masks or Gods?
title_short Monsters, Chimeras, Masks or Gods?
title_full Monsters, Chimeras, Masks or Gods?
title_fullStr Monsters, Chimeras, Masks or Gods?
title_full_unstemmed Monsters, Chimeras, Masks or Gods?
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