Body language in Hellenistic art and society
| 1. Verfasser: |
Masséglia, Jane
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Ausgabe: | First edition. |
| Umfang/Format: |
xxiv, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
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| ISBN: | 9780198723592 0198723598 |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 2 Datensätze |
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Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents only |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.
