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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781477323625
035 _a(DE-B1597)617649
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aPapalexandrou, Nassos
_eautore
245 1 0 _aBronze Monsters and the Cultures of Wonder :
_bGriffin Cauldrons in the Preclassical Mediterranean /
_cNassos Papalexandrou.
264 1 _aAustin :
_bUniversity of Texas Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2021
300 _a1 online resource (320 p.) :
_b46 b&w photos, 11 b&w illus., 1 b&w map
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tIllustrations --
_tPreface --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction --
_tPart I Griffin Cauldrons in Contexts of Life and Death --
_tChapter One. The Eastern Mediterranean, Ionia, and the Aegean --
_tChapter Two: Mainland Greece --
_tChapter Three: Italy and France --
_tChapter Four: Kolaios’s Monster Cauldron at the Heraion of Samos --
_tChapter Five. Monsters in Images Pictorial Representations of Griffin Cauldrons --
_tPart III Responses to the Uncanny --
_tChapter Six: Vision of Wonders --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
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520 _aThe eighth and seventh centuries BCE were a time of flourishing exchange between the Mediterranean and the Near East. One of the period’s key imports to the Hellenic and Italic worlds was the image of the griffin, a mythical monster that usually possesses the body of a lion and the head of an eagle. In particular, bronze cauldrons bore griffin protomes—figurative attachments showing the neck and head of the beast. Crafted in fine detail, the protomes were made to appear full of vigor, transfixing viewers. Bronze Monsters and the Cultures of Wonder takes griffin cauldrons as case studies in the shifting material and visual universes of preclassical antiquity, arguing that they were perceived as lifelike monsters that introduced the illusion of verisimilitude to Mediterranean arts. The objects were placed in the tombs of the wealthy (Italy, Cyprus) and in sanctuaries (Greece), creating fantastical environments akin to later cabinets of curiosities. Yet griffin cauldrons were accessible only to elites, ensuring that the new experience of visuality they fostered was itself a symbol of status. Focusing on the sensory encounter of this new visuality, Nassos Papalexandrou shows how spaces made wondrous fostered novel subjectivities and social distinctions.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)
650 0 _aArt, Ancient
_zMediterranean Region
_xOriental influences.
650 0 _aBronze bowls
_zMediterranean Region.
650 0 _aGriffins in art.
650 0 _aKettles
_zMediterranean Region.
650 0 _aMaterial culture
_zMediterranean Region.
650 0 _aPots
_zMediterranean Region.
650 7 _aART / General.
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653 _aGreek Art, illusionism, preclassical antiquity, clasical antiquity, bronze sculpture, ancient mediterranean, hellenic, griffin, art history.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7560/323618
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781477323625
856 4 2 _3Cover
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