Aladdins lampa

• Setting out from a detailed examination of a just previously unearthed two-thousand-year-old oil lamp from Syria—from the time when the country was a Roman province—the author discusses the dynamics of cultural development. Lighting and enlightenment are closely linked, and oil lamps are found from all parts of the world and have been used for millennia up to our own time. The object's name ‘lamp’ in modern European languages is derived from the ancient Greek origin of our civilization, and the artefact epitomises a source of illumination which has a hidden enchantment like the magic lamp of Aladdin in the Arabian Nights.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Design (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Design (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Annan humaniora -- Antikvetenskap (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Other Humanities -- Classical Archaeology and Ancient History (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

lamp

oil lamps

lighting

enlightenment

illumination

λαμπάς

torch

light

handicraft

utility goods

essay

source

luminous

beacon

culture

development

history of learning

Aladdin

Arabian Nights

Europe

Syria

History Of Sciences and Ideas

idé- och lärdomshistoria

Publikations- och innehållstyp

pop (ämneskategori)

art (ämneskategori)