Emily S. K. Anderson Minoan Zoomorphic Culture (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Minoan Zoomorphic CultureCondition: NewSubtitle: Between Bodies and ThingsEAN: 9781009452038ISBN: 9781009452038Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 06/06/2024Description: Since the earliest era of archaeological discovery on Crete, vivid renderings of animals have been celebrated as defining elements of Minoan culture. Animals were crafted in a rich range of substances and media in the broad Minoan world, from tiny seal-stones to life-size frescoes. In this study, Emily Anderson fundamentally rethinks the status of these zoomorphic objects. Setting aside their traditional classification as 'representations' or signs, she recognizes them as distinctively real embodiments of animals in the world. These fabricated animals-engaged with in quiet tombs, bustling harbors, and monumental palatial halls-contributed in unique ways to Bronze Age Aegean sociocultural life and affected the status of animals within people's lived experience. Some gave new substance and contour to familiar biological species, while many exotic and fantastical beasts gained physical reality only in these fabricated embodiments. As real presences, the creatures that the Minoans crafted artfully toyed with expectation and realized new dimensions within and between animalian identities.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 263mmItem Length: 186mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 1060gAuthor: Emily S. K. AndersonGenre: HistoryTopic: Ancient HistoryRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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