Images of Woman and Child from the Bronze Age

Stephanie Lynn Budin

Cambridge University Press, 2011

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This book is a study of the woman-and-child motif - known as the kourotrophos - as it appeared in the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean. Budin argues that, contrary to many current beliefs, the image was not a universal symbol of maternity or a depiction of a mother goddess.

ISBN-13
9780521193047
ISBN-10
0521193044
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2011
Publication date
2011-04-11
Pages
390
Dimensions
255x252x25
Weight
994