Body language in Hellenistic art and society /
This richly illustrated book brings together a wide range of Hellenistic art objects, and reveals how ancient social attitudes were encoded in the body language of their subjects. Incorporating approaches from anthropology and archaeology, it considers a wide range of social groups, from the elite t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. What is "Hellenistic" art? ; Body language ; Existing scholarship ; Structure ; Material and function
- The body language of Hellenistic kings. Kings ; Queens
- The body language of the civic elite : men. Philosophers and poets ; Citizen men
- The body language of the civic elite : citizen women
- The body language of "genre" figures. Africans ; Servants ; Paidagogoi ; Fishermen and peasants ; Old women and nurses
- The body language of "grotesques". Dwarfs ; "Cripples"
- Body language in Hellenistic art and society. Asymmetry ; Thematic incongruity ; Movement ; Gendered display ; Social conformity ; Concluding remarks
- Appendix 1 : The "mime" problem
- Appendix 2 : The body language of sitting.