Aphrodite, Coming of Age and Marriage
Contextualisation and Reconsideration of the Nude Young Women Kneeling in a Shell
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20084790 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stéphanie Huysecom-Haxhi (Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 259-271 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004384835_020 |
| OpenAlex | W2945868011 |
| ISBN | 9789004384835 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
We have chosen to study here the naked female figure kneeling in a shell: this is a relatively uncommon theme which is articulated in several types with significant differences in the gestures, ornaments, accessories or companions. Whenever the context is known, it has always to do with sanctuaries of female divinities or graves. Our objective here is to reconsider the interpretation of this image by taking into consideration the different data at our disposal. The main question would not be to establish if they represent Aphrodite or not, but to try to understand the values that the image of a naked female body, emerging from a shell, might well represent, and help explain the presence of this object in this particular context, by or for an individual, at a particular moment of life
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Gesture · Kneeling · Linguistics · Ornaments · Pathology · Sociology · Visual arts · World Wide Web · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Engineering · Gender Studies · History · Medicine · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |