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Cover 1 Figurines: Figuration and the Sense of Scale 4 Copyright 5 Acknowledgments 6 Preface 8 Contents 10 List of Illustrations 12 List of Contributors 16 Introduction 18 References 26 1: Small Wonders: Figurines, Puppets, and the Aesthetics of Scale in Archaic and Classical Greece 28 Varieties of Smallness 28 Wonder and the Aesthetics of Scale 31 Figurines: Taxonomy and Wonder 38 Plasticity 45 Enlargements 51 Reliefs with Dolls 54 References 59 2: Shifting Scales at La Venta 68 Size and Scale 71 Interaction 74 Is Bigger Better? 80 Shifting Scales at La Venta 89 Acknowledgments 97 References 97 3: Thinking Through Scale: The First Emperor’s Sculptural Enterprise 105 The Twelve Golden Men 107 Terracotta Sculptures in the Lishan Mausoleum: an Overview 112 Life-Size Terracotta Funerary Sculptures 122 The First Emperor’S Miniature Bronze Chariots 130 Conclusion: The Qin Sculptural System in its Historical Context 138 References 143 4: The Death of the Figurine: Reflections on an Abrahamic Abstention 147 Figurines in Early Christian and Islamic Jurisdictions 150 What was a Figurine? 164 The Roman Figurine: Animation, Cultivation, and Agency 170 Conclusions: The Figurine in The History

Author

JAŚ ELSNER

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EN