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Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia : Miniaturization and Cultural Hybridity
Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia : Miniaturization and Cultural Hybridity
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Author(s): Langin-Hooper, Stephanie M.
ISBN No.: 9781108738460
Pages: 332
Year: 202309
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 41.39
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

In this volume, Stephanie M. Langin-Hooper investigates the impact of Greek art on the miniature figure sculptures produced in Babylonia after the conquests of Alexander the Great. Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia were used as agents of social change, by visually expressing and negotiating cultural differences. The scaled-down quality of figurines encouraged both visual and tactile engagement, enabling them to effectively work as non-threatening instruments of cultural blending. Reconstructing the embodied experience of miniaturization in detailed case studies, Langin-Hooper illuminates the dynamic process of combining Greek and Babylonian sculpture forms, social customs, and viewing habits into new, hybrid works of art. Her innovative focus on figurines as instruments of both personal encounter and global cultural shifts has important implications for the study of tiny objects in art history, anthropology, classics, and other disciplines.


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