Images et mariage, une question de méthode : le geste d’anakalypsis
Images are often used as evidence to determine when the anakalypteria ceremony took place, depending on the fact whether the bride is veiled or not. In fact, vases show a wide variety of situations. The anakalypsis' gesture is often represented in black-figured vases in wedding’s scenes, but al...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Cahiers Mondes Anciens |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/370 |
| Summary: | Images are often used as evidence to determine when the anakalypteria ceremony took place, depending on the fact whether the bride is veiled or not. In fact, vases show a wide variety of situations. The anakalypsis' gesture is often represented in black-figured vases in wedding’s scenes, but also in other types of scenes without marriage connotations. That gesture does not say whether it is veiling or unveiling, but it expresses more likely the status of the new bride. |
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| ISSN: | 2107-0199 |