"Aphrodite, The Coming of Age, and the Marriage : Contextualization and Reconsideration of the Naked Young Women Kneeling in a Shell"
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2019
- handle: 10670/1.b6wggv
- isbn: 978-90-04-38483-5
- halshs: halshs-02877164
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Prehistoric antiquities Prehistory Prehistoric archaeology Worth Axiology Rock-tombs Graves Sepulchers Vaults (Sepulchral) Tombstones Funerary monuments Graves Memorial tablets Tablets, Memorial Funeral monuments Gravestones Nuptiality Married life Matrimony Wedlock Early man Prehistoric human beings Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) Prehistoric humans Man, Prehistoric Prehistory Prehistoric archaeology Life--Philosophy Divine beings Divinities Deities Ethnography Races of man Social anthropology Cultural anthropology Memorial gardens (Cemeteries) Necropoles Churchyards Burial grounds Graves Necropoli Necropolises Memory gardens (Cemeteries) Graveyards Burying-grounds Necropoleis Memorial parks (Cemeteries) Graves Burial customs Interment Burying-grounds Age, Coming of Biography--Marriage Relations with friends and associates Associates CompanionsCiter ce document
Stéphanie Huysecom-Haxhi, « "Aphrodite, The Coming of Age, and the Marriage : Contextualization and Reconsideration of the Naked Young Women Kneeling in a Shell" », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10670/1.b6wggv
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We have chosen to study here the naked female figure kneeling in a shell: this is a relatively uncommon theme which is articulated in several types with significant differences in the gestures, ornaments, accessories or companions. Whenever the context is known, it has always to do with sanctuaries of female divinities or graves. Our objective here is to reconsider the interpretation of this image by taking into consideration the different data at our disposal. The main question would not be to establish if they represent Aphrodite or not, but to try to understand the values that the image of a naked female body, emerging from a shell, might well represent, and help explain the presence of this object in this particular context, by or for an individual, at a particular moment of life.