Nude Awakenings
Early Dynastic Nude Female Iconography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4587535 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie Lynn Budin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-43 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/718192 |
| OpenAlex | W4220816452 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This article considers the earliest examples of so-called Nude Female iconography that emerged in Mesopotamia in the Early Dynastic period, with a particular focus on the aspects of nudity and gesture. Rather than concluding that these images represent goddesses or concepts such as fertility, the data reveal that in the Early Dynastic period female nudity was no different than male nudity
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Art history · Gesture · Iconography · Linguistics · Mesopotamia · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |