Book contents
- Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia
- Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- Chapter One A Question of Intimacy: Miniaturization and Figurines
- Chapter Two Fascination with the Tiny: Interacting with Figurines
- Chapter Three Three’s a Crowd: Spectatorship of Figurines
- Chapter Four Images of the Self: Identifying with Figurines
- Chapter Five The Global and the Local: Making Cultural and Social Choices with Figurines
- Conclusion: Life in Miniature
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion: Life in Miniature
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 December 2019
- Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia
- Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- Chapter One A Question of Intimacy: Miniaturization and Figurines
- Chapter Two Fascination with the Tiny: Interacting with Figurines
- Chapter Three Three’s a Crowd: Spectatorship of Figurines
- Chapter Four Images of the Self: Identifying with Figurines
- Chapter Five The Global and the Local: Making Cultural and Social Choices with Figurines
- Conclusion: Life in Miniature
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This volume has shown that figurines have an immense and particular power to inform upon the social imaginary of Hellenistic Babylonia. The vast numbers of figurines indicate that these objects experienced an enormous popularity, circulating throughout and penetrating the social landscape. The rich variety of figurines attests to their experimental and responsive nature. They do not represent a stagnant tradition unthinkingly copied, but rather formed an expressive toolkit for exploring, representing, and influencing the world around them. In the techniques used to create them, the kinds of bodies and identities that were depicted, and the choices of style and motif that determined their appearance and tactility, these figurines gave material form to the social conversations of which they were a part. Reflective of those community dialogues, the figurines also shaped their future trajectories.
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- Figurines in Hellenistic BabyloniaMiniaturization and Cultural Hybridity, pp. 247 - 248Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020