Childhood in Ancient Athens Iconography and Social History Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies Series
Auteur : Beaumont Lesley A.
Childhood in Ancient Athens offers an in-depth study of children during the heyday of the Athenian city state, thereby illuminating a significant social group largely ignored by most ancient and modern authors alike. It concentrates not only on the child's own experience, but also examines the perceptions of children and childhood by Athenian society: these perceptions variously exhibit both similarities and stark contrasts with those of our own 21st century Western society. The study covers the juvenile life course from birth and infancy through early and later childhood, and treats these life stages according to the topics of nurture, play, education, work, cult and ritual, and death.
In view of the scant ancient Greek literary evidence pertaining to childhood, Beaumont focuses on the more copious ancient visual representations of children in Athenian pot painting, sculpture, and terracotta modelling. Notably, this is the first full-length monograph in English to address the iconography of childhood in ancient Athens, and it breaks important new ground by rigorously analysing and evaluating classical art to reconstruct childhood?s social history. With over 120 illustrations, the book provides a rich visual, as well as narrative, resource for the history of childhood in classical antiquity.
Part 1: Introduction, definitions and methodology 1. Framing the Context 2. Athenian Definitions of Children & Childhood, and the Iconography of Age Part 2: The Juvenile Life Course 3. Birth & Infancy 4. The Developing Child 5. Conclusion
Lesley A. Beaumont is Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sydney, and was formerly the Assistant Director of the British School at Athens.
Date de parution : 03-2015
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 07-2012
Ouvrage de 272 p.
15.6x23.4 cm
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Mots-clés :
Ancient Childhood; Childhood in Athens; Childhood in Ancient Greece; Children in Ancient Greece; Children in Ancient Athens; History of childhood; Ancient Greece; Ancient Greek culture; Greek history; Attic Red Fi Gure; Archaeological Receipts Fund; Young Man; White Ground Lekythoi; Hellenic Ministry; Staatliche Antikensammlungen Und Glyptothek; Attic Red Fi Gure Krater; Attic White Ground Lekythos; National Archaeological Museum; Athenian Iconography; Lebes Gamikos; Votive Reliefs; Wet Nurse; Grave Stelai; Ancient Literary Sources; Red Figure; Funerary Stelai; Attic Red Fi Gure Pelike; Anthesteria Festival; Terracotta Figurines; Juvenile Life Stage; Red Figure Kraters; Short Chiton; Cross Bands