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Author Masséglia, Jane, 1980-
Title Body language in Hellenistic art and society / Jane Masséglia.
Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Copyright date ©2015


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Descript xxiv, 362 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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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.
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0198723598 (hardback)
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Author Masséglia, Jane, 1980-
Series Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
Subject Art, Hellenistic.
Body language in art.
Greece -- Social conditions -- To 146 B.C.
Descript xxiv, 362 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Content text
still image
Media unmediated
Carrier volume
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.
ISBN 9780198723592 (hardback)
0198723598 (hardback)
Author Masséglia, Jane, 1980-
Series Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
Subject Art, Hellenistic.
Body language in art.
Greece -- Social conditions -- To 146 B.C.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL Basement b  NB 94 M4  8 WEEK LOAN  ASK at the Reading Room
 BJL 7th Floor  NB 94 M4  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Art, Hellenistic.
Body language in art.
Greece -- Social conditions -- To 146 B.C.
Descript xxiv, 362 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Content text
still image
Media unmediated
Carrier volume
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.
ISBN 9780198723592 (hardback)
0198723598 (hardback)
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