As touchable objects, figurines have potential for a potent agency in relation to those who use them.
Illustrations: 77 colour illustrations Editor(s): Jas (Humfry Payne Senior Research Fellow in Classi.
This volume considers the figurine as a key conceptual and material problematic in the art history of antiquity through comparative juxtaposition and deep art-historical engagement with Chinese, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican, and Greco-Roman cultures.
As touchable objects, figurines have potential for a potent agency in relation to those who use them