Curriculum Vitae

Hariclia Brecoulaki, Assistant Researcher
Northern Greece Programme

Address
National Hellenic Research Foundation (N.H.R.F.)
Institute of Greek and Roman Antiquity (K.E.R.A.)
48 Vas. Constantinou Ave., Athens 11635, Greece
Tel.+ 30 210-7273682
Fax + 30 210-7234145
email: hbrek

H. Brecoulaki was born in Athens in 1969. She graduated in 1992 from the Dept. of History of Art and Archaeology, University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, (MA in Greek Archaeology) and in 1994 from the Dept. of Sciences and Techniques (MST in Preservation of Cultural Heritage). She obtained her Ph.D. in 2003 from the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne (Doctorate in Classical Archaeology). She has worked as a Fellow and Research Professor at the Wiener Laboratory of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens from 1998 to 2006. In 2004 she received a post-doctoral scholarship from the Dept. of Classics at the University of Cincinnati, USA (Margo Tytus Visiting Scholar). She has collaborated with numerous institutions and material science laboratories in Greece, Italy and France in projects related to ancient Greek painting and polychromy. In 2007 the Academy of Athens awarded a prize to her monograph La peinture funéraire de Macédoine. Εmplois et fonctions de la couleur, IVe-aIIe siècles av. J.-C. , Meletimata 48 (Athens 2006). Since 2009 she is a researcher at the National Hellenic Research Foundation, as a member of the Northern Greece Programme at KERA/NHRF.

Research interests
Greek painting and the history of colour in ancient Greece; art and architecture in ancient Macedonia; Aegean painting iconography and technology; technology and uses of organic materials in ancient Greece; cultural heritage preservation policies.

Major ongoing projects
. Ancient Macedonia/Corpus of Monumental tombs: Creation of a data-base
. Vergina-Aigai/Royal Tombs: The organic materials (in collaboration with the 17th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities)
. Demetrias-Pagasai/Museum of Volos: The Hellenistic painted grave stones. Research on color, artistic crafstmanship and techniques (in collaboration with the 13th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities)
. Thebes/Archaeological museum: The grave stone of ''Theodoros'', 1st-2nd c. AD. Analytical investigation of the painting materials (in collaboration with the 8th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities)
. Athens/National archaeological museum: The wooden tablets from Pitsa, 6th c. BC. Analytical investigation of the painting materials (in collaboration with the National Archaeological Museum)
. Pylos/Chora Museum: Documentation, conservation and publication of the Mycenaean wall paintings from the ''Palace of Nestor'' (in collaboration with the 38th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and the Dept. of Classics of the University of Cincinnati)

Publications
Monographs
- La peinture funéraire de Macédoine. Εmplois et fonctions de la couleur, IVe-IIe siècles av. J.-C. , Meletimata 48 (Athens 2006).
- L'esperienza del colore nella pittura funeraria dell'Italia preromana (Napoli 2001).

Selection of recent articles
- ''A Scientific Investigation on the Painted Decoration of the Tomb of the Palmettes'', in: K. Rhomiopoulou, B. Schmitt-Dounas, Anthemiengrab in Lefkadia, DAI, Suppl. Athenische Mitteilungen, Berlin 2009, on press.
- '' In situ X-Ray Fluorescence analysis of raw pigments and traces of polychromy on Hellenistic sculpture at the archaeological museum of Delos'', in Y. MANIATIS (ed.), ASMOSIA VII, The Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity, BCH Suppl , 51, (2009) 2-19. [with A. G. Karydas, B. Bourgeois, Ph. Jockey].
- ''An archer from the palace of Nestor. A New Wall-painting Fragment in the Chora Museum'', Hesperia 77 (2008) 363-397. [with C. Zaitoun, J. Davis, Sh. Stocker].
- ''Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric characterization of plant gums in samples from painted works of art'', Journal of Chromatography A, 1176 (2007), 275-282 [with I. Bonaduce, M. P. Colombini A. Luveras, V. Restivo, E. Ribechini].
- ''Splendeur ou durabilité? Peintures et couleurs sur les tombeaux macédoniens: aspects de leur conservation'', in : S. Decamps-Lequime (ed.) Peinture et couleur dans le monde grec antique (Paris 2007) 95-108.
- ''The funerary klinai of tomb 1 from Amphipolis and a sarcophagus from ancient Tragilos, Eastern Macedonia: a physico-chemical investigation on the painting materials'', Journal of Cultural Heritage (oct.dec. 2006), vol. 7, issue 4, 301-311 [with E. Fiorin, A. Vigatto].
- ''La peinture funéraire en Macédoine'', in: A.-M. Guimier-Sorbets, M. B. Hatzopoulos, Y. Morizot, Rois, cités, nécropoles, institutions, rites et monuments en Macédoine, Actes des colloques de Nanterre déc. 2002 et d'Athènes Janv. 2004 (Athènes 2006) 47-61.