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Chapter 48 - Artworks in the Round

Figurines, Figures, and Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Vases

from Part VII - Aegean Art of the Mainland Mycenaean Palatial Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2022

Jean-Claude Poursat
Translated by
Carl Knappett
Jean-Claude Poursat
Affiliation:
University of Clermont-Ferrand
Carl Knappett
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

Figurines in bronze or ivory are rare during the period of the Mycenaean palaces. On the other hand, terracotta figures and figurines undergo considerable development and become one of the characteristic features of Mycenaean culture (seminal article by E. French, BSA 66, 1971, 101–87; see also Schallin 2009). Often very schematic, they are made in potters’ workshops and their decoration takes inspiration from that of pottery. Two categories can be distinguished based on technique and dimensions: small figurines that are handmade; and larger figures that are wheelmade or built up in coils.

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The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
A History
 , pp. 457 - 469
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Pilali-Papasteriou, 1985: Pilali-Papasteriou, A., Die Bronzenen Tierfiguren aus Kreta, Munich.Google Scholar
Schallin, 2009: Schallin, A.-L. ed., Encounters with Mycenaean Figures and Figurines, Stockholm.Google Scholar
Vetters, 2019: Vetters, M., Die spätbronzezeitlichen Terrakotta-Figurinen aus Tiryns: Überlegungen zu religiös motiviertem Ritualverhalten in mykenischer Zeit, Heidelberg.Google Scholar

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