Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum New Edition oF Polish Volumes 1931-1936
Papuci-Władyka, Ewdoksia (Kraków)
Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization, vol. 12, Kraków (2008)
Abstract
In 1919 an excellent French archaeologist edmond Pottier (1855-1934) initiated the publishing of an international work titled Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum (CVA), which – as the name suggests – regarded antique vases. The project was formalised and carried out under the auspices of Union Académique Internationale during the following year. At that time the term “antique vases” included not only Greek pottery, but also other groups of vessels from ancient culture circles, for instance Egyptian, Punic and Cypriote. The idea turned out to be spot-on and many countries joined the project, not only European ones, but also from outside of our continent. Today the output of this work is vast: al- most 30 countries from a few continents take part in the CVA, including coun- tries that only recently joined the project, such as Brazil, Russia or Turkey; over 300 volumes have been published by now and further fascicules are being prepared. At the same time some pottery categories were excluded from the CVA (for instance Egyptian pottery or undecorated vessels), focusing mainly on painted vases with figural decoration.
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