The Grotesque Body in Graeco-Roman Antiquity

ISBN-13: 9783110691733 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 580 str.

Anastasia Meintani

Opis

Figurines exhibiting a distorted appearance were exceptionally à la mode in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Archaeologists have attributed a wide gamut of functions to them. The underlying common denominator of all the propounded theories is that the purpose of these images was the lampoon and degradation of the dregs of society and of the physically deformed. This book argues that such statuettes conversely carried deeply positive meanings.

Recenzje

"Pour conclure, cet ouvrage dense met en lumière tout un trésor d'images difficiles à appréhender, tant du point de vue de l'iconographie, du contexte archéologique que de la réception. Malgré les réserves exprimées, on ne peut que recommander la lecture de ce livre."
Estelle Galbois in: BMCR 2023.06.37 (https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2023/2023.06.37)

O autorze

Anastasia Meintani, Institute for Classical Archaeology, University of Vienna, Austria.