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- Male Nudity in the Greek Iron Age
- Male Nudity in the Greek Iron Age
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One Introduction
- Chapter Two Naked Male Figurines in the EIA Aegean
- Chapter Three Iconographic and Regional Patterns in EIA Naked Male Figurines and the History of Ritual Action
- Chapter Four The Lost Wax Method of Production of EIA Bronze Figurines
- Chapter Five Bronze Figurines, Transformative Processes, and Ritual Power
- Chapter Six EIA Nudity and Ritual in Historical Perspective
- Chapter Seven Method and Approach in the Archaeology of the EIA Aegean
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Chapter Two - Naked Male Figurines in the EIA Aegean
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 September 2022
- Male Nudity in the Greek Iron Age
- Male Nudity in the Greek Iron Age
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One Introduction
- Chapter Two Naked Male Figurines in the EIA Aegean
- Chapter Three Iconographic and Regional Patterns in EIA Naked Male Figurines and the History of Ritual Action
- Chapter Four The Lost Wax Method of Production of EIA Bronze Figurines
- Chapter Five Bronze Figurines, Transformative Processes, and Ritual Power
- Chapter Six EIA Nudity and Ritual in Historical Perspective
- Chapter Seven Method and Approach in the Archaeology of the EIA Aegean
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
The material record datable to the early phases of the Aegean EIA is relatively short on figural art. According to the usual diachronic narrative, the turn of the first millennium involves a relatively long-lasting period during which images of humans and animals are mostly absent from visual culture – as Coldstream called it, a “long pictureless hiatus.”1 In place of figural decoration, geometric designs are most characteristic of Aegean iconography during the EIA. According to some art historical accounts, this period of aniconic art represents a reset, during which the traditions of LBA iconography were mostly wiped away. The figural art of the Geometric period is then usually presented as the start of a new tradition.2
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- Male Nudity in the Greek Iron AgeRepresentation and Ritual Context in Aegean Societies, pp. 48 - 86Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022