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Title: Waking up to the Sleeping Lady
Authors: Grima, Reuben
Keywords: Sleeping Lady of Ħal Saflieni
Figurines, Prehistoric -- Malta
Hypogeum (Paola, Malta)
Prehistoric peoples -- Malta
Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Malta
Anthropomorphism in art
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (Paola, Malta)
Issue Date: 1999
Publisher: The Archaeological Society
Citation: Grima, R. (1999). Waking up to the Sleeping Lady. Malta Archaeological Review, 3, 3-8, [1 p. of plates]
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is twofold. Firstly, to question the tendency to read "Temple Period" representations as direct, straightforward scale models which represent their subject according to our modern preconceptions. And secondly, to suggest that these may instead be expressions of a highly sophisticated cognitive system of representation, which embody a different spectrum of knowledge and information, and which are sometimes more concerned with conveying perceptual sensations than correct proportions.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49349
Appears in Collections:MAR, Issue 03 (1999)
MAR, Issue 03 (1999)

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