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Greek Vase Painting and the
Origins of Visual Humour
(Cambridge University Press
2009)
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| 2007
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‘Ancient Greek visual puns: a case study visual humor’ in
Attardo, S. and Popa, D. (eds.) New Approaches to
the linguistics of humor. Academic Printing House
of Dunarea de Jos, Univ. of Galati (Rumenia). |
| 2006 |
English Translation of F. Goddio’s book:
Canope Est,
London.
|
| 2005
|
'www.beazley.ox.ac.uk' in
Lambrakis, A, Lezine,V. (eds.), État de
la publication scientifique dans le domaine de l'archéologie, des arts et
traditions populaires: [actes de colloque], 20-22 février 2004,
Athènes. Athens: Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες (Their
website) |
| 2002
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Comic pictures in Greek vase-painting : humour in the
polis and the Dionysian world, in the sixth and the fifth centuries
B.C. Unpublished D.Phil Thesis, University of Oxford. |
| 2000 |
Une outre outrée: parodie et jeu iconographique à propos d’une coupe
de Leipzig”, KTEMA 25 (2000) 115-122 |
Reviews
| 2010
|
Review of Walsh, D. (2009) Distorted Ideals
in Greek Vase-Painting. The World of Mythological Burlesque, C.U.P. 2009’
Classical Review 60.2 |
Articles under
review / Publications in preparation
| a |
‘Democracy and popular media. Classical receptions in 19th to 21st
centuries political cartoons: statesmen, mythological figures and
celebrated artworks’ |
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[Under review for the
Proceedings of the conference Classics in the Modern World – a Democratic
Turn? An International Research Collaboration in Milton Keynes, The Open
University, UK] |
| b
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‘Fiddling or non-fiddling Nero? A case study in the reception of
classical statesmen in political cartoons, from a choice of 19th-21st
centuries European and North American
newspapers?’ |
| c
|
‘Herakles’ labours in political
cartoons: a case study in the reception of classical myth in political
cartoons, from a choice of 19th-21st centuries European and North American
newspapers’ |
| d |
A. Mitchell and L. Lorusso, M.D., The history of caricature and neurological
diseases from antiquity to the present day |
|
|
[This
book is written with a clinical professor in neurological science with a
special focus on caricature as an investigative tool of neurological
diseases. I am writing the ancient part on Greek and Roman caricature,
with a special emphasis on Hellenistic and Roman terracotta figurines and
Dr. Lorusso is covering the period spanning from the 16th century to the
present day. The book is written in Italian and its intended publication
date is mid-2011] |
| e
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‘A visual guide to the reception of Old Comedy. Greek visual art from
the sixth to the fourth centuries B.C.: illustration or material
evidence?’ |
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[Under review. Publication date: late 2010,
early 2011, in W. G. Haase (ed.), Ancient Comedy and Reception, 'Boston
University Studies in the Classical Tradition', Transaction at Rutgers
University] |
| f |
De l’usage des animaux dans l’imagerie satirique antique (Egypte,
Grèce et Rome)' |
| g
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‘The function of pathological grotesque clay figurines in the
Greco-Roman world: the role of caricature in visual humour, of theatrical
masks in the realm of Comedy and of ex-votos or apotropaic representations
in medical therapy.' |
|
[To be sent in September 2010 to the
Journal of the History of Neuroscience] |
| h |
‘Auto-censure: art, autorités, et autorités
imaginaires’ |
| i |
‘The Laocoon as a coat hanger in popular media:
the function and meaning of the Laocoon sculptural group in political
cartoons, from a choice of 19th to 21st centuries European and North
American newspapers’ |
| j
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‘Humour as a tool of social cohesion: the
evidence from Classical Greece’ |
| |
[under review: HUMOR: The
International Journal of humor] |
| Invited Lectures
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(18-20
June) 'Democracy and popular media: classical receptions in 19th
and 20th centuries political cartoons: statesmen, mythological figures and
celebrated artworks'. Milton Keynes, The Open University, UK. Conference on Classics in the Modern World – a Democratic
Turn? An International Research Collaboration. I am the convenor of
the Panel on Democracy and Popular Media
(19-22
May) ‘Grotesque terracotta in the Greco-Roman world: the role of
caricature in visual humour, of theatrical masks in the realm of Comedy
and of portraits of deformity in ancient medical centres’. Parma, 50th National Congress of the SNO (Società dei
Neurologi, Neurochirurghi e Neuroradiologi Ospedalieri). Historical Pannel
"Art or Neurology?" (Full Program)
(19/04/2010)
‘Gender archaeology: comic iconography of women and the male gaze in 5th
century B.C. Athens’, Brussels, International Study Group, 1640 Rhode St. Genèse,
Brussels. |
(04
December) 'Variety and
Function in Greek Sculpture'. Sovereign Education Ltd, London, Conway Hall,
Red Lion
Square.
8
lectures The material culture of ancient & modern democracies.
The M. Ragazzi Lectures, 12 Arlie Gardens, London.
|
(19
November) ‘Hercules
comicus: a case study in the politics of natural justice, from Greek
temples to San Marco in Venice’. Oxford University Archaeological Society
(OUAS)
‘Sacred Landscapes: from the Delphic
Omphalos to the Umbilicus Orbis on the Roman Forum’, M. Ragazzi Seminars,
12 Arlie
Gardens, London.
(22 February) ‘Visual Caricature and Parody:
towards a Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Carnival at the Kabirion
Sanctuary (5th–4th centuries BC) in Central
Greece’, Faculty of Classics, University of
Oxford. Seminar on
Ancient Parody. |
(21
March) ‘The Archaeology
of Humour: a case study’,, Institute of Archaeology, University
College London. Complex and Literature Societies Seminar Series.
(21 February) ‘A reconstruction of Greek Carnival
at the Kabirion sanctuary in ancient Boeotia’, Bakhtin Research centre, University of
Sheffield. |
| (10
January) ‘Victory
Monuments in Ancient Rome, An archaeological approach to the Power of
Images’, Archaeological Survey of India, Bhopal,
India. |
27
March) ‘La
parodie mythologique dans la peinture de vases attique’,
University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
(28
March) ‘Les
canthares du Cabirion thébain: déformations corporelles,
caricature et problèmes de style’, University
of Fribourg, Switzerland: Symposium sur le corps et ses
différences. |
| (14
February) ‘Satyrs
and mythological parody in Greek vase-painting’, Institute of
Archaeology, University
of Oxford,
Greek Archaeology Seminar. |
|
(13
June) ‘Afghanistan’s
stolen and desecrated archaeological heritage’, Jointly with
Prof. Z. Tarzi, International Conference on the Obliteration of the
National Heritage of Afghanistan , S.O.A.S., London. |
| (02
April) ‘L’humour
des Grecs, Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs,
Strasbourg. |
| (11
March) ‘La
représentation de la Comédie Ancienne et du drame
satyrique dans la peinture de vases’. Colloque sur
la Comédie Antique, organised by
Paris IV, E.N.S., University of Strasbourg II |
