According to author Sharon Kelly Heyob in her book titled, The Cult of Isis Among Women in the Graeco-Roman World, she states that, “ in the ancient world, distinctions among representations of individual divine figures are not usually clear-cut.” In her book, she describes a specific example of the notion of hybridization in art by looking at a specific example of what she refers to as the idea of “blurring of boundaries.” Heyob’s specific examples refer to a small bronze group of statues that depict both Venus and Cupid, which were found in the Egyptian Faiyum, a city in Middle Egypt. This group of figurines, in particular the figurine depicted in figure 3, displays a standing deity resembling the goddess Venus. This conclusion can be drawn due to the fact that there is a small winged figure, which is her son Cupid, seated on her right shoulder.
In figure 3, the goddess stands on her right leg with her left leg twisted. She rests her left elbow on a pillar and holds her right arm akimbo, which is when hands are positioned on the hips and …show more content…
According to author Jonathan Cott, Isis was often identified with a wide variety of Hellenistic and Roman deities, including Artemis or Diana, Demeter or Ceres, and of course Aphrodite or Venus. During the Greco-Roman period her images often incorporated Greco-Roman hairstyles, garments, or attributes. The primary cults of Harpocrates were situated at Pelusium, which is located in the Egyptian Delta and in the Fayoum oasis, where Harpocrates was venerated in various forms. Outside of Egypt, Harpocrates was generally depicted as the nursing child of Isis. Greco-Egyptian terracotta or bronze sculptures, like this particular one in discussion, were created in great
In figure 3, the goddess stands on her right leg with her left leg twisted. She rests her left elbow on a pillar and holds her right arm akimbo, which is when hands are positioned on the hips and …show more content…
According to author Jonathan Cott, Isis was often identified with a wide variety of Hellenistic and Roman deities, including Artemis or Diana, Demeter or Ceres, and of course Aphrodite or Venus. During the Greco-Roman period her images often incorporated Greco-Roman hairstyles, garments, or attributes. The primary cults of Harpocrates were situated at Pelusium, which is located in the Egyptian Delta and in the Fayoum oasis, where Harpocrates was venerated in various forms. Outside of Egypt, Harpocrates was generally depicted as the nursing child of Isis. Greco-Egyptian terracotta or bronze sculptures, like this particular one in discussion, were created in great