Framing the body: An introduction’

Michael James Squire

Framing the body: An introduction’

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This introduction to a section on ‘framing bodies’ explores the frames of figurative sculpture. It takes its lead from Georg Simmel’s analogy, whereby the relationship between frame and framed is related to a dichotomy between body and soul. The introduction then problematises this distinction in relation to the frames of Classical Attic funerary commemoration, centering its discussion around the so-called ‘Kallithea monument’ erected just outside Athens in c. 330 BC. The case study proves particularly rich for thinking not only about the frames of sculpture, but also the representational challenges of ‘embodying’ the dead in ancient funerary monuments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Frame in Classical Art: A Cultural History (
Editors	Michael Squire, Verity Platt
Publisher	Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Pages	256-269
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	978-1-107-16236-5
Publication status	Published - 2017

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