Sadness, Gender and Empathy

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ID13073659
AuthorsInmaculada Vivas Sainz (0000-0003-1914-4314, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume10
Pages271-281
Publication date2021-02-08
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEikon / Imago (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2254-8718 • E-ISSN: 2254-8718
PublisherUniversidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5209/eiko.74151
OpenAlexW3174765797
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

This paper is focused on private tomb scenes with mourners dated to the end of the 18th Dynasty located in the Egyptian Memphite necropolis, with a special interest on the artistic resources and the clear division of groups according to the gender of mourners, as mourning men in expressive attitudes are particularly rare in ancient Egyptian scenes. The presence of men in grief, together with the traditional female mourners, within the funerary procession is striking, portraying expressive poses which provoke feeling of empathy and sorrow in the beholder. Indeed, the expressions of feelings in mourning scenes and their diverse artistic treatment in Memphite tomb decoration reveals the innovation and originality of the artists, features that could be traced back to the reign of Akhenaten. This paper explores the complex process of creation of the funerary iconography of the Post-Amarna art, a period of religious, political and social changes which were mirrored in private tomb scenes

Art · Empathy · Feeling · Grief · Iconography · Literature · Politics · Sadness · Sculpture · Sorrow · Visual arts · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Psychology · Social Psychology

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