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Athens at the Margins - Pottery and People in the Early Mediterranean World (Hardcover)
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Athens at the Margins - Pottery and People in the Early Mediterranean World (Hardcover)
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How the interactions of non-elites influenced Athenian material
culture and society The seventh century BC in ancient Greece is
referred to as the Orientalizing period because of the strong
presence of Near Eastern elements in art and culture. Conventional
narratives argue that goods and knowledge flowed from East to West
through cosmopolitan elites. Rejecting this explanation, Athens at
the Margins proposes a new narrative of the origins behind the
style and its significance, investigating how material culture
shaped the ways people and communities thought of themselves.
Athens and the region of Attica belonged to an interconnected
Mediterranean, in which people, goods, and ideas moved in
unexpected directions. Network thinking provides a way to conceive
of this mobility, which generated a style of pottery that was
heterogeneous and dynamic. Although the elite had power, they were
unable to agree on the norms of conspicuous consumption and status
display. A range of social actors used objects, contributing to
cultural change and to the socially mediated production of meaning.
Historiography and the analysis of evidence from a wide range of
contexts-cemeteries, sanctuaries, workshops, and symposia-offers
the possibility to step outside the aesthetic frameworks imposed by
classical Greek masterpieces and to expand the canon of Greek art.
Highlighting the results of new excavations and looking at the
interactions of people with material culture, Athens at the Margins
provocatively shifts perspectives on Greek art and its relationship
to the eastern Mediterranean.
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