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Crowley, Janice L.: ICON: Art and Meaning in Aegean Seal Images, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2024. https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1342

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https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1342
ISBN 978-3-96929-286-0 (PDF)
ISBN 978-3-96929-287-7 (Hardcover)

Published

03/27/2024

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Authors

Janice L. Crowley

ICON

Art and Meaning in Aegean Seal Images

The ICON book is a revelation of the lives of the Aegean peoples drawn from the hands of their own artists. ICON presents the images that are carved or chased on Aegean seals and signets and interprets their meaning in the absence of accompanying deciphered texts. Throughout their long floruit, the seals give the most extensive illustrations of life as it was lived and imagined in Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece in the Bronze Age.
ICON, with its 1800 illustrations, is the first comprehensive iconographic analysis of the Aegean seal images. ICON describes and interprets the images through a dedicated vocabulary which recognizes their artistic innovations and celebrates the detail of their sophisticated, nuanced and polyvalent iconography. 

Dr Janice L Crowley is an internationally recognized authority in the fields of Aegean Bronze Age art and iconography. Her focus is on artistic intercommunications with the east and the images on Aegean seals. Her research has been presented at guest lectures and international conferences in Europe and the USA resulting in the publication of numerous papers and two monographs.

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Table of Contents
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Contents
Preface
xiii-xiv
Acknowledgements
xv-xvi
Abbrevations
xvii-xxi
Maps
xxii-xxiii
Chronological Table
xxiv
Introduction
The Aegean Seal
Chapter 1 The Importance of the Seal
3-28
Part 1
The Art of the Aegean Seal
Chapter 2 The Icon and its Iconographic Vocabulary
31-59
Chapter 3 Innovation in Minoan Artistic Design
61-89
Part 2
Interpreting Aegean Seal Images
Chapter 4 The Earth and Sky Surround
94-112
Chapter 5 The Bounty of Nature
113-133
Chapter 6 The Life of Animals
135-162
Chapter 7 The Realm of the Sea
163-176
Chapter 8 The Constructed Environment
178-206
Chapter 9 The Sphere of Mortals
207-233
Chapter 10 Exotic Animals and Fantastic Creatures
235-261
Chapter 11 The Lesser Spirits
263-279
Chapter 12 The Great Gods
282-320
Chapter 13 Minoan Identity and the Seal Artist
323-346
Chapter 14 The Mycenaean Inheritance
347-366
Conclusion
The Primacy of the Seals
Chapter 15 Prized Possession, Original Iconography, Seminal Art
369-384
Appendices
385-396
Bibliography
397-442
Index
443-447

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