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Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia - Miniaturization and Cultural Hybridity (Hardcover)
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Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia - Miniaturization and Cultural Hybridity (Hardcover)
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In this volume, Stephanie M. Langin-Hooper investigates the impact
of Greek art on the miniature figure sculptures produced in
Babylonia after the conquests of Alexander the Great. Figurines in
Hellenistic Babylonia were used as agents of social change, by
visually expressing and negotiating cultural differences. The
scaled-down quality of figurines encouraged both visual and tactile
engagement, enabling them to effectively work as non-threatening
instruments of cultural blending. Reconstructing the embodied
experience of miniaturization in detailed case studies,
Langin-Hooper illuminates the dynamic process of combining Greek
and Babylonian sculpture forms, social customs, and viewing habits
into new, hybrid works of art. Her innovative focus on figurines as
instruments of both personal encounter and global cultural shifts
has important implications for the study of tiny objects in art
history, anthropology, classics, and other disciplines.
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