Art as the Child of Nature: Investigating the Interplay between Human Society, Environment, and Artistic Production in Prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus
This article presents research that examines how changing characteristics of the natural world were incorporated into ancient Cypriot art. A key objective is to synthesize and apply data pertaining to the distribution and socioeconomic uses of animals during the Bronze Age to analysis of their repre...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2025, Volume: 88, Issue: 1, Pages: 24-34 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Archaeology
/ Cyprus
/ Bronze Age
/ Production of art
/ Environment
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This article presents research that examines how changing characteristics of the natural world were incorporated into ancient Cypriot art. A key objective is to synthesize and apply data pertaining to the distribution and socioeconomic uses of animals during the Bronze Age to analysis of their representation in Cypriot material culture. This permits trends in human-environment relationships to be examined, including characteristics of transported landscapes, changing attitudes toward the natural world, the evolution of artistic convention, and, more broadly, the interplay between human occupation, cultural production, and environmental impact in Cyprus during a period of increasing social, economic, and cultural integration. Preliminary observations pertaining to animal representations in the prehistoric Bronze Age in Cyprus are presented. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/734591 |