{"product_id":"athens-at-the-margins-9780691175201","title":"Athens at the Margins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the interactions of non-elites influenced Athenian material culture and society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe seventh century BC in ancient Greece is referred to as the Orientalizing period because of the strong presence of Near Eastern elements in art and culture. Conventional narratives argue that goods and knowledge flowed from East to West through cosmopolitan elites. Rejecting this explanation, \u003ci\u003eAthens at the Margins\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a new narrative of the origins behind the style and its significance, investigating how material culture shaped the ways people and communities thought of themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAthens and the region of Attica belonged to an interconnected Mediterranean, in which people, goods, and ideas moved in unexpected directions. Network thinking provides a way to conceive of this mobility, which generated a style of pottery that was heterogeneous and dynamic. Although the elite had power, they were unable to agree on the norms of conspicuous consumption and status display. A range of social actors used objects, contributing to cultural change and to the socially mediated production of meaning. Historiography and the analysis of evidence from a wide range of contexts—cemeteries, sanctuaries, workshops, and symposia—offers the possibility to step outside the aesthetic frameworks imposed by classical Greek masterpieces and to expand the canon of Greek art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighlighting the results of new excavations and looking at the interactions of people with material culture, \u003ci\u003eAthens at the Margins \u003c\/i\u003eprovocatively shifts perspectives on Greek art and its relationship to the eastern Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nathan T. Arrington","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42959836643446,"sku":"9780691175201","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_427beaf4-b654-472c-8ee5-1bfb6c0f0610.jpg?v=1767778123","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/athens-at-the-margins-9780691175201","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}