Research Catalog

Title

Becoming good democrats and wives : civil education and female socialization on the Parthenon frieze / Burkhard Fehr.

Author

Fehr, Burkhard, 1942-

Publication

Berlin : Lit ; 2011.

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Description

xv, [1], 179 p. : ill., plates; 31 cm.

Series Statement

Hephaistos, Kritische Zeitschrift zu Theorie und Praxis der Archäologie und angrenzender Gebiete. Sonderband

Uniform Title

Hephaistos. Sonderband.

Subject

• Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
• Parthénon (Athènes, Grèce)
• To 1500
• Friezes > Athens
• Women in art
• Social status in art
• Art > History > Greece > To 1500
• Art and society > Greece > History > To 1500

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-169) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: I.Introduction -- The Problem: Unexplained Majorities on the Parthenon Frieze -- Earlier Interpretations of the Frieze -- Towards a Theoretical Approach: Pictorial Scenes Exemplifying Comprehensive Patterns of Action -- Visual Conditions and their Impact on the Viewer's Perception of the Frieze -- II.The Young People Of Democratic Athens -- Educating Athens' Young Men for Democracy -- Preparations for the Cavalcade: Demonstration and Public Examination of Physical Ability and Character Qualifications -- Cavalcade: Egalitarian and Disciplined Participation in Joint Actions for the Polis -- Four-Horse Chariots: Ambitious Individuals Committed to the Polis' Benefit -- Mutual Trust between Cooperating Partners as a Barrier against Tyranny -- Socio-Political Context: The Cavalry and the Contest of the Apobatai as Instruments of Civic Education -- The Horses of the Frieze as a Visual Metaphor -- Interim Summary and some Reflections on the Frieze Narration -- The Pedestrian Procession: Demonstration of Self-Control by the Newly Qualified Young Citizens and the Athenian Maidens -- III.The Heroized Ancestors Of The Athenian Citizens: The Pleasure Of Rest And The Exchange Of Politically Relevant Ideas -- IV.Deities, Polis And Oikos -- Assembly of Olympians: charis and nomoi -- Deities Protecting Fields, Herds and Human Progeny Juxtaposed to Deities Embodying Good Social Interaction -- The Central Scene of the East Frieze: oikos -- an Athenian Model Family -- Deities and Mortals: Male and Female Athenians Adopting Divine Paradigms and Rewarded with the Favor of the Olympians -- V.A Retrospective Look At The Frieze -- VI.The Frieze And The Parthenos In The Parthenon: Athena Protecting And Educating The Maidens -- VII.The Frieze And The Other Parthenon Sculptures: Well-Ordered Communities, Auspicious Offspring And The Vital Importance Of Female Virtues -- VIII.Political Background: Qualifications Required Of A Citizen In Democratic Athens -- IX.Synopsis.

ISBN

• 9783643999009 (pbk.)
• 3643999003 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 751737263
• SCSB-11788005

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library