Approaching Multi-materiality in the Ancient Near East, Di Paolo, Silvana

Автор: Sugata Ray, Venugopal Maddipati
Название: Water Histories of South Asia: The Materiality of Liquescence
ISBN: 1138285315 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138285316
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book surveys the intersections between water systems and the phenomenology of visual cultures in early modern, colonial, and contemporary South Asia.

Автор: Hoffman Eric
Название: Approaching Twin Peaks: Critical Essays on the Original Series
ISBN: 1476671273 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476671277
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Though it lasted just two seasons, Twin Peaks (1990-1991) raised the bar for television and is now considered one of the great dramas in TV history. Its complex plots and sensational visuals both inspired and alienated audiences. After 25 years, the cult classic is being rebooted. This collection of new essays explores its filmic influences, its genre-bending innovations and it use of horror and science fiction conventions, from the original series through the earlier film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and subsequent video releases.

Автор: Beate Pongratz-Leisten, Karen Sonik
Название: The Materiality of Divine Agency
ISBN: 1501502271 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501502279
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
Цена: 185890.00 T
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Описание: This volume explores two topics of contemporary critical interest, agency and materiality, in the context of their intersection with the divine. Specific case studies, emphasizing the ancient Near East but including treatments also of the European Middle Ages and ancient Greece, draw on a broad range of written and pictorial sources to elucidate the nature and implications of this intersection.

Автор: Beate Pongratz-Leisten, Karen Sonik
Название: The Materiality of Divine Agency
ISBN: 1501510681 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501510687
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
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Описание: Two topics of current critical interest, agency and materiality, are here explored in the context of their intersection with the divine. Specific case studies, emphasizing the ancient Near East but including treatments also of the European Middle Ages and ancient Greece, elucidate the nature and implications of this intersection: What is the relationship between the divine and the particular matter or physical form in which it is materially represented or mentally visualized? How do sacral or divine "things" act, and what is the source and nature of their agency? How might we productively define and think about anthropomorphism in relation to the divine? What is the relationship between the mental and the material image, and between the categories of object and image, image and likeness, and likeness and representation? Drawing on a broad range of written and pictorial sources, this volume is a novel contribution to the contemporary discourse on the functioning and communicative potential of the material and materialized divine as it is developing in the fields of anthropology, art history, and the history and cognitive science of religion.

Автор: Joannis Mylonopoulos
Название: Materiality and Visibility of Rituals in the Ancient World
ISBN: 3110323656 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110323658
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
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Описание: Materiality and Visibility of Rituals in the Ancient World contains studies on ancient rituals from an archaeological, art historical, and anthropological perspective. Covering large areas of the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East, its contributions trace ancient ritual practices from the Bronze Age to their interpretation in the Early Modern era. The volume will be an invaluable tool for anyone interested in ancient religion or ritual.

Автор: Anna Krau?, Jonas Leipziger, Friederike Schucking-Jungblut
Название: Material Aspects of Reading in Ancient and Medieval Cultures: Materiality, Presence and Performance
ISBN: 3110635852 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110635850
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
Цена: 99110.00 T
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Описание: This publication seeks to endeavour the relationship between material artefacts and reading practices in ancient and medieval cultures.
While the acts of reception of written artefacts in former times are irretrievably lost, some of the involved artefacts are preserved and might comprise hints to the ancient reading practices. In form of case studies, the contributions to this volume examine various forms of written artefacts as to their implications on modes of reading. Analyzing different Qumran scrolls, codices, Tefillin, Mezuzot, magical texts, tablets, bricks, and statues as well as meta-textual and iconographic aspects, the articles inquire the possibilities of how to correlate material aspects to assumed modes of reception and practices of reading. The contributions stem from Egyptology, Papyrology, Qumran Studies, Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, Ancient Christianity, and Islamic Studies.
In total, this volume contributes to the research on practices of reception in times past and demonstrates the potential hidden in text-bearing artefacts.

Автор: Steel
Название: Materiality and Consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean
ISBN: 0415537347 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415537346
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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The importance of cultural contacts in the East Mediterranean has long been recognized and is the focus of ongoing international research. Fieldwork in the Aegean, Egypt, Cyprus, and the Levant continues to add to our understanding of the nature of this contact and its social and economic significance, particularly to the cultures of the Aegean. Despite sophisticated discussion of the archaeological evidence, in particular on the part of Aegean and Mediterranean archaeologists, there has been little systematic attempt to incorporate anthropological perspectives on materiality and exchange into archaeological narratives of this material. This book addresses that gap and integrates anthropological discourse on contact, examining exchange systems, the gift, notions of geographical distance and power, colonization, and hybridization. Furthermore, it develops a social narrative of culture contact in the Mediterranean context, illustrating the reasons communities chose to engage in international exchange, and how this impacted the construction of identities throughout the region.

Автор: Valentino Gasparini, Maik Patzelt, Rubina Raja, Anna-Katharina Rieger, Jorg Rupke, Emiliano Urciuoli
Название: Lived Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Approaching Religious Transformations from Archaeology, History and Classics
ISBN: 3110557576 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110557572
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
Цена: 123910.00 T
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Описание: The Lived Ancient Religion project has radically changed perspectives on ancient religions and their supposedly personal or public character. This volume applies and further develops these methodological tools, new perspectives and new questions. The religious transformations of the Roman Imperial period appear in new light and more nuances by comparative confrontation and the integration of many disciplines. The contributions are written by specialists from a variety of disciplinary contexts (Jewish Studies, Theology, Classics, Early Christian Studies) dealing with the history of religion of the Mediterranean, West-Asian, and European area from the (late) Hellenistic period to the (early) Middle Ages and shaped by their intensive exchange. From the point of view of their respective fields of research, the contributors engage with discourses on agency, embodiment, appropriation and experience. They present innovative research in four fields also of theoretical debate, which are “Experiencing the Religious”, “Switching the Code”, „A Thing Called Body“ and “Commemorating the Moment”.

Автор: Kreger D. W.
Название: The Einstein Connection: Ancient Myths & Scientific Theories of an Approaching Global Cataclysm
ISBN: 0983309930 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780983309932
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Описание: We know that previous global cataclysms and floods were documented in ancient mythology from around the world, and many of these myths have predicted that it will happen again. And, now there is some scientific evidence to support this idea. It was Albert Einstein who was one of the first scientists to be convinced that the Earth had indeed been plagued by a reoccurring global cataclysm, and he collaborated with scientists studying this phenomenon. As incredible as it sounds, he also believed that such an event or a very similar one was responsible for periodic advances in human evolution, and he corresponded with a scientific theorist on this topic as well. Every few years it seems that someone is predicting "the end of the world", and they often cite ancient myths to support these predictions. Most of the books on this subject are either written by true believers, or by closed-minded skeptics, but what is the real truth? Is there any scientific evidence to back up these theories of an approaching global cataclysm? This book offers an objective, open-minded skeptic's scientific analysis of the odds of a global cataclysm occurring in our lifetime. It presents a complete index of all of the apocalyptic myths and prophecies form around the world, and the scientific theories to explain them. It contains the writings of Albert Einstein, Plato, Edgar Cayce, the Bible, the ancient Mayan books of the Popol Vuh and Chilam Balam, and many others. Most importantly, it presents the most recent scientific evidence both in support of and contradicting these apocalyptic theories, with some surprising conclusions. This is an absolutely fascinating investigation into one of the greatest mysteries of modern science, and the brilliant scientists who have studied it. The book is extremely well researched with over 200 references and a bibliography with over 90 sources, and yet it reads like a spell-binding mystery. Are we headed for another global catastrophe? Look at the evidence, then you decide.

Название: The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt: New Approaches to the Study of Textual Material from the Early Pharaonic to the Late Antique Period
ISBN: 9004375287 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004375284
Издательство: Brill
Цена: 259010.00 T
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Описание: The volume The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt contains nine contributions from well-known papyrologists, Egyptologists, archaeologists and technical specialists. They discuss the materiality of ancient writing and writing supports in various ways through methodological considerations and through practical case studies from the early Pharaonic to the Late Antique periods in Egypt, including Greek and Egyptian papyri and ostraca, inscriptions and graffiti. The articles in this volume present new approaches to the study of textual material and scribal practice, especially in the light of the ongoing development of digital techniques that uncover new information from ancient writing materials. The aim of the book is to encourage researchers of ancient texts to consider the benefits of using these new methods and technological resources.

Автор: Amalia Avramidou, Denise Demetriou
Название: Approaching the Ancient Artifact: Representation, Narrative, and Function
ISBN: 3110308827 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110308822
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
Цена: 283890.00 T
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Описание: This book offers a fresh and timely perspectiveon the study of ancient art and archaeology. Through a series of essays, the volume explores the links between text and image and offers innovative readings of narrative scenes on pottery and sculpture. Topics treated include gender in antiquity, myth and art, and Athenian ritual and politics. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars of classical art and archaeology.

Автор: Macedo Gabriel Nocchi
Название: Ancient Latin Poetry Books: Materiality and Context
ISBN: 0472132393 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780472132393
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Before the invention of printing, all forms of writing were done by hand. For a literary text to circulate among readers, and to be transmitted from one period in time to another, it had to be copied by scribes. As a result, two copies of an ancient book were different from one another, and each individual book or manuscript has its own history. The oldest of these books, those that are the closest to the time in which the texts were composed, are few, usually damaged, and have been often neglected in the scholarship. Ancient Latin Poetry Books presents a detailed study of the oldest manuscripts still extant that contain texts by Latin poets, such as Virgil, Terence, and Ovid. Analyzing their physical characteristics, their script, and the historical contexts in which they were produced and used, this volume shows how manuscripts can help us gain a better understanding of the history of texts, as well as of reading habits over the centuries. Since the manuscripts originated in various places of the Latin-speaking world, Ancient Latin Poetry Books investigates the readership and reception of Latin poetry in many different contexts, such schools in the Egyptian desert, aristocratic circles in southern Italy, and the Christian Élite in late antique Rome. The research also contributes to our knowledge about the use of writing and the importance of the written text in antiquity. This is an innovative approach to the study of ancient literature, one that takes the materiality of texts into consideration.