This volume investigates the impact of Greek art, particularly Hellenistic sculpture motifs and styles on the figurines of Babylonia after the conquests of Alexander the Great. It provides practical applications of two branches of anthropology theory, cultural hybridity and miniaturization, which are explored in detailed case studies.
This volume investigates the impact of Greek art, particularly Hellenistic sculpture motifs and styles on the figurines of Babylonia after the conquests of Alexander the Great. It provides practical applications of two branches of anthropology theory, cultural hybridity and miniaturization, which are explored in detailed case studies.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Stephanie M. Langin-Hooper is Assistant Professor and Karl Kilinksi II Endowed Chair in Hellenic Visual Culture in the Department of Art History at Southern Methodist University, Texas. She is co-editor of The Tiny and the Fragmented: Miniature, Broken, and Otherwise Incomplete Objects in the Ancient World (2018), she served as lead curator for the exhibition 'Life in Miniature: Identity and Display at Ancient Seleucia-on-the-Tigris' at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan.
Inhaltsangabe
1. A question of intimacy: miniaturization and figurines 2. Fascination with the tiny: interacting with figurines 3. Three's a crowd: spectatorship of figurines 4. Images of the self: identifying with figurines 5. The global and the local: making cultural and social choices with figurines 6. Conclusion: life in miniature Bibliography Index.
1. A question of intimacy: miniaturization and figurines 2. Fascination with the tiny: interacting with figurines 3. Three's a crowd: spectatorship of figurines 4. Images of the self: identifying with figurines 5. The global and the local: making cultural and social choices with figurines 6. Conclusion: life in miniature Bibliography Index.
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