Hybrid Creatures of Lycia. Images and Identity in Ancient Anatolia (6th-4th Century BC).
PURennes| N° d'inventaire | 22562 |
| Format | 21.5 x 28 |
| Détails | 214 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Rennes, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782753579019 |
The Lycians lived in southern Asia Minor. Spectacular stone-carved monuments, including rock tombs, sarcophagi, and monumental tombs, bear witness to their history and culture. The author has chosen to study the representation of hybrid beings in the figurative decoration of sculpted and painted monuments from Lycia from the 6th, 5th, and 4th centuries BC, offering a very rich repertoire of iconographic themes and motifs. This study highlights the process of creating Lycian images through an iconographic theme and interprets it in a cultural and religious, as well as a political and social, context. The iconographic and iconological approach of this series of images highlights Lycian culture as an original culture of ancient Anatolia, imbued with a Luwian and Neo-Hittite heritage, which opened up to the Persian and Greek worlds while maintaining its own identity. The book is part of a fertile current of research on cultural transfers and identities in Antiquity. Original and innovative in its approach, it demonstrates both the importance of iconography in Lycian studies and the important place of images in Lycian history.
The Lycians lived in southern Asia Minor. Spectacular stone-carved monuments, including rock tombs, sarcophagi, and monumental tombs, bear witness to their history and culture. The author has chosen to study the representation of hybrid beings in the figurative decoration of sculpted and painted monuments from Lycia from the 6th, 5th, and 4th centuries BC, offering a very rich repertoire of iconographic themes and motifs. This study highlights the process of creating Lycian images through an iconographic theme and interprets it in a cultural and religious, as well as a political and social, context. The iconographic and iconological approach of this series of images highlights Lycian culture as an original culture of ancient Anatolia, imbued with a Luwian and Neo-Hittite heritage, which opened up to the Persian and Greek worlds while maintaining its own identity. The book is part of a fertile current of research on cultural transfers and identities in Antiquity. Original and innovative in its approach, it demonstrates both the importance of iconography in Lycian studies and the important place of images in Lycian history.