Finds mainly from the Archaic period were brought to light by excavation of central area ancient temple Demeter in acropolis Falasarna Crete. Among finds was an abundance terracotta figurines.

Building upon the idea of Douglass Bailey (1994) that prehistoric figurines represent actual individuals, it is suggested here their makers represented people in manner they perceived them, following role models familiar from own society. This further implies that, on grounds certain indicators, may be possible to identify social differences depending age, sex/gender, and possibly other modes i...

This article addresses a body of works by the video artist Ruth Patir, in which Israeli womanhood 2020s is interrogated through Iron Age female statuettes, known as Judean Pillar Figurines. By means motion capture technology and 3D animation, Patir features contemporary women uncannily moving speaking bodies millennium-old figurines, whose history function are still under debate. In Petah Tikva...

although ancient greek physicians studied a great number of ocular diseases in their medical texts such as glaucoma, cataract, trachoma, chalazion, trichiasis, entropion, ectropion and pterygion, in ancient greek art there were only few examples which represent ophthalmic diseases. these examples are found especially in portraits, and the ophthalmological disease is an important feature of the ...

Warhammer 40,000 (W40K) is a non-digital strategy war-game involving the tactical manoeuvring of miniature figurines on a 6' by 4' tabletop. These figurines are painstakingly assembled, painted and often modified by players to accord with the game's backstory. Our research explores the ongoing success of W40K in the face of ubiquitous and pervasive computer technologies and presents the results...