Magnification and miniaturization in religious communications in antiquity and modernity : materialities and meanings /

Magnification and miniaturization in religious communications in antiquity and modernity : materialities and meanings /

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Other Authors: Begemann, Elisabeth., Pavel, Diana., Petridou, Georgia., Rieger, Anna-Katharina., Raja, Rubina.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Turnhout : Brepols, 2023.

Series: Contextualizing the sacred ; 12.

Subjects:

Material culture > Mediterranean Region > Religious aspects.
Architecture > Mediterranean Region.
Archaeology and religion.
Proportion (Art)

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Call Number: BL65 .C8 M34

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Table of Contents:
  • Intro Front Matter Elisabeth Begemann, Diana Pavel, Georgia Petridou, Rubina Raja, Anna-Katharina Rieger, and Jörg Rüpke. 1. Magnification and Miniaturization in Religious Communications in Antiquity and Modernity: Materialities and Meanings Rubina Raja. 2. Look Closely and You Will See: Banqueting Tesserae from Palmyra and Small-Scale Iconography Natascha Sojc. 3. The Material Record of Micro-Shares: An Archaeological Case Study on Sanctuary Transactions in Ancient Sicily Anna-Katharina Rieger. 4. What Do Tiny Objects Want? A Case Study with Miniature Pottery from Pompeii Elisabeth Trinkl. 5. Are the Same Objects Desirable for People and for Gods? Material and Dimensional Interchangeability Diana Pavel. 6. Scaling Altars in the Etruscan Funerary Sphere Jörg Rüpke. 7. Urban Monumentality and Religion Devmini Malka Wijeratne. 8. Perceptions of Changing Religious Landscapes in Augustan Rome Elena Malagoli. 9. The King and the Population as Protagonists of the Oath: Intermediatory Semantics in Ancient Near Eastern Treaties Ine Jacobs. 10. Small, Versatile, Numinous: Pagan-Mythological Statuettes at the End of Antiquity Elisabeth Begemann. 11. The Dancing Deity: Diminishing the Goddess Libertas on the Palatine Peter Scherrer. 12. Di Penates: From Small Objects to Anthropomorphic Gods Georgia Petridou. 13. The Eyes Have It: Materialities, Monumentality, and Meanings in Eye-Shaped Modern Greek tamata and Ancient Greek anathemata Manuel Moser. 14. A Triangle of Mary: Relating Religious Artefacts to Non-Religious Lorry Drivers Back Matter.