Entre dieux et mortels – le contact visuel sur les reliefs votifs grecs classiques

The Greek votive reliefs of the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. depict encounters between gods and mortals. As Anja Klökner has already observed, it would not be appropriate to consider such images as representing actual events. The analysis of the looks exchanged between gods and humans reveals a differ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lorenz E. Baumer
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2013-04-01
Series:Pallas
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/95
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Summary:The Greek votive reliefs of the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. depict encounters between gods and mortals. As Anja Klökner has already observed, it would not be appropriate to consider such images as representing actual events. The analysis of the looks exchanged between gods and humans reveals a differentiated system adapted to the deities and the cultural context. It becomes evident that the sculptors carried out their works by representing a highly differentiated set of iconographic rules.
ISSN:0031-0387
2272-7639