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Images of woman and child from the Bronze Age : reconsidering fertility, maternity, and gender in the ancient world / Stephanie Lynn Budin.
Penn Museum Library GN778.25 .B83 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Budin, Stephanie Lynn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bronze age--Mediterranean Region.
- Bronze age.
- Art, Prehistoric--Mediterranean Region.
- Art, Prehistoric.
- Sculpture, Prehistoric--Mediterranean Region.
- Sculpture, Prehistoric.
- Figurines, Prehistoric--Mediterranean Region.
- Figurines, Prehistoric.
- Mother goddesses--Mediterranean Region.
- Mother goddesses.
- Mothers in art.
- Mediterranean Region--Antiquities.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- x, 384 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- "This book is a study of the woman-and-child motif as it appeared in the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean, focusing on Egypt, the Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Iran, Cyprus, and the Aegean. Rather than being a universal symbol of maternity, or a depiction of a mother goddess, the woman-and-child motif, called by the technical name kourotrophos, was relatively rare in comparison with other images of women in antiquity, and served a number of different symbolic functions, ranging from honoring the king of Egypt to giving extra oomph to magical spells"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction - Kourotrophic iconography in the ancient near East and Mediterranean: origins and meanings
- Egypt
- The Levant and Anatolia
- Mesopotamia and Iran
- Cyprus
- The Aegean
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521193047
- 0521193044
- OCLC:
- 674935881
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