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ID: 300380129
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300380129

 

Record Type: concept
symplegma (sex acts) (<personal and passive activities>, <physical activities by specific context>, ... Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Erotic embrace of a sex act. The term is used in art history, classical studies, and archaeology to refer to explicit depictions of complex and unusual sexual positions, or unusual pairings.
 
Terms:
symplegma (sex acts) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
symplegma (sex acts) (Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  K.KQ

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Activities Facet
Activities Facet
Hierarchy of Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)
.... Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of physical activities
........ physical activities (G)
Hierarchy of <physical activities by specific context>
............ <physical activities by specific context> (G)
Hierarchy of <personal and passive activities>
................ <personal and passive activities> (G)
Hierarchy of symplegma (sex acts)
.................... symplegma (sex acts) (G,U)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Een erotische omhelzing; een seksuele handeling. De term wordt in de kunstgeschiedenis, klassieken en archeologie gebruikt om te verwijzen naar expliciete uitbeeldingen van complexe en ongebruikelijke seksuele posities of ongewone paringen. 

Sources and Contributors:
symplegma (sex acts)............  [JPGM Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  Grove Art Online (2008-)
...................................  J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
...................................  Palagia and Pollitt, Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture (1999)
...................................  UvA Talen
 
Subject: .....  [JPGM, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Grove Art Online (2008-)
.......... Palagia and Pollitt, Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture (1999)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen

 

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