Body language in Hellenistic art and society /
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2015.
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Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
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Call Number: N5633 .A534 2015
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| 100 | 1 | |a Masséglia, Jane, |d 1980- |e author |9 35534 | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Gestures, postures and body actions in Hellenistic art. |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Body language in Hellenistic art and society / |c Jane Masséglia. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Oxford : |b Oxford University Press, |c 2015. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2015. | |
| 300 | |a xxiv, 362 pages : |b illustrations (black and white) ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 490 | 0 | |a Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation. | |
| 500 | |a Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Oxford, 1980) under the title : Gestures, postures and body actions in Hellenistic art. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-355) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Body language in art. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Art, Hellenistic |x Themes, motives. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Art and society |z Greece |x History |y To 1500. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Greece |x Social conditions |y To 146 B.C. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
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