The relation that mankind has with hair falls under the invariant. Like other societies, the ancientGreeks have appropriated and thought this relation in a specific way. They have invested it withvalues and symbols of its own, which reflected its social and cultural functioning, its views of theworld of men, gods and their relationships. To understand the place of this physical attribute inGreece, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age, we need to explore what sources say and showabout it. They are mostly literary ones but also iconographic ones to a lesser extent. A close study ofvocabulary in context enables us to bring out ideas, connotations and images generated by hair, andthe values it is invested with, between sign and symbol. Thus ...
Dans l’imagerie de l’Amérique ibérique, la plume tient une place majeure. Pour les indiens de l’Amaz...
On Punic funerary stelae, male representations show a recurring hair-cutting specificity which leads...
Precious object, object of desire and signs of power : the «shoulder » of Pelops and t he mark of th...
The relation that mankind has with hair falls under the invariant. Like other societies, the ancient...
Le rapport que l’Humanité entretient avec la chevelure relève de l’invariant. Comme d’autressociétés...
International audienceLong hair has had many meanings, both positive and negative in many cultures. ...
International audienceLong hair has had many meanings, both positive and negative in many cultures. ...
Based from the study of a collection of human hairs gathered by scientific research and explorers, t...
À cheval entre nature et culture, le poil et la chevelure humaine condensent un grand ensemble d’enj...
Abstract –. The beard of the gods is not a trivial detail. The study of male pageantry in the imager...
International audienceTibetan tantrists (non-monastic Buddhist practitioners of tantric rituals) att...
La chevelure est un attribut féminin sur lequel le poète médiéval aime à s attarder, qu il en condam...
Anthropologists and sociologists have made hair the focus of numerous studies since the late ninetee...
La fin du Moyen Âge est le théâtre de l'apparition et de la diffusion d'images singulières : celles ...
Styling one's hair seems to be an innate desire of humans to emphasize their beauty and power. As re...
Dans l’imagerie de l’Amérique ibérique, la plume tient une place majeure. Pour les indiens de l’Amaz...
On Punic funerary stelae, male representations show a recurring hair-cutting specificity which leads...
Precious object, object of desire and signs of power : the «shoulder » of Pelops and t he mark of th...
The relation that mankind has with hair falls under the invariant. Like other societies, the ancient...
Le rapport que l’Humanité entretient avec la chevelure relève de l’invariant. Comme d’autressociétés...
International audienceLong hair has had many meanings, both positive and negative in many cultures. ...
International audienceLong hair has had many meanings, both positive and negative in many cultures. ...
Based from the study of a collection of human hairs gathered by scientific research and explorers, t...
À cheval entre nature et culture, le poil et la chevelure humaine condensent un grand ensemble d’enj...
Abstract –. The beard of the gods is not a trivial detail. The study of male pageantry in the imager...
International audienceTibetan tantrists (non-monastic Buddhist practitioners of tantric rituals) att...
La chevelure est un attribut féminin sur lequel le poète médiéval aime à s attarder, qu il en condam...
Anthropologists and sociologists have made hair the focus of numerous studies since the late ninetee...
La fin du Moyen Âge est le théâtre de l'apparition et de la diffusion d'images singulières : celles ...
Styling one's hair seems to be an innate desire of humans to emphasize their beauty and power. As re...
Dans l’imagerie de l’Amérique ibérique, la plume tient une place majeure. Pour les indiens de l’Amaz...
On Punic funerary stelae, male representations show a recurring hair-cutting specificity which leads...
Precious object, object of desire and signs of power : the «shoulder » of Pelops and t he mark of th...