The Hunchback in Hellenistic and Roman Art (Paperback)

The subject of deformity and disability in the ancient Greco-Roman world has experienced a surge in scholarship over the past two decades. Recognizing a vast, but relatively un(der)explored, corpus of evidence, scholars have sought to integrate the deformed and disabled body back into our understanding of ancient society and culture, art and representation. The Hunchback in Hellenistic and Roman Art works towards this end, using the figure of the hunchback to re-think and re-read images of the 'Other' as well as key issues that lie at the very heart of ancient representation. The author takes an art-historical approach, examining key features of the corpus of hunchbacks, as well as representations of the deformed and disabled more generally. This provides fertile ground for a re-assessment of current, and likewise marginalized, scholarship on the miniature in ancient art, hyperphallicism in ancient art, and the emphasis on the male body in ancient art.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2016
Authors:	Lisa Trentin (Instructor, Archaeology and Classical Studies)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-01914-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > BC to 500 CE, Ancient & classical world Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	1-350-01914-3
Barcode:	9781350019140

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