Bodies of Evidence : Ancient Anatomical Votives Past, Present and Future Hardback
Edited by Jane Draycott
Part of the Medicine and the Body in Antiquity series
Hardback
Description
Dedicating objects to the divine was a central component of both Greek and Roman religion.
Some of the most conspicuous offerings were shaped like parts of the internal or external human body: so-called ‘anatomical votives’.
These archaeological artefacts capture the modern imagination, recalling vividly the physical and fragile bodies of the past whilst posing interpretative challenges in the present.
This volume scrutinises this distinctive dedicatory phenomenon, bringing together for the first time a range of methodologically diverse approaches which challenge traditional assumptions and simple categorisations.
The chapters presented here ask new questions about what constitutes an anatomical votive, how they were used and manipulated in cultural, cultic and curative contexts and the complex role of anatomical votives in negotiations between humans and gods, the body and its disparate parts, divine and medical healing, ancient assemblages and modern collections and collectors.
In seeking to re-contextualise and re-conceptualise anatomical votives this volume uniquely juxtaposes the medical with the religious, the social with the conceptual, the idea of the body in fragments with the body whole and the museum with the sanctuary, crossing the boundaries between studies of ancient religion, medicine, the body and the reception of antiquity.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages, 12 Line drawings, black and white; 57 Halftones, black and white; 69 Illustrations, black
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/12/2016
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- ISBN:9781472450807
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages, 12 Line drawings, black and white; 57 Halftones, black and white; 69 Illustrations, black
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/12/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781472450807
