A consideration of gender roles and relations in the Aegean Bronze Age interpreted from gestures and proxemics in art / Susan E. Poole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poole, Susan E., author.

Contributor:

University College, London. Institute of Archaeology, issuing body.

Series:

UCL Institute of Archaeology PhD series ; volume 3.

BAR international series ; 2980.

UCL Institute of Archaeology PhD series ; volume 3

BAR international series ; 2980

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human figure in art.

Sex role in art.

Bronze age--Aegean Sea Region--Antiquities.

Bronze age.

Aegean Sea Region--Antiquities.

Aegean Sea Region.

Art, Aegean.

Antiquities.

Bronze age--Antiquities.

Europe--Aegean Sea Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 184 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

This monograph analyses human figures that appear in Aegean Bronze Age art, considering the roles and relations between genders, and interpreting differential status or power implications. Susan E. Poole studies a comprehensive range of figures that appear on wall paintings, glyptics (seals, seal impressions and finger rings), and some three-dimensional objects. The gestures and postures displayed in the body language are examined, together with placements and orientations between the figures. The author considers the way figures occupy their surrounding space, possible gender distinct activities, the seating of figures, and processions. A structural iconographic method is used to interpret the material, together with ethological, sociological and linguistic approaches, and a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis is applied.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 30, 2020).

ISBN:

9781407354293

1407354299

OCLC:

1222214011