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Hostetter, Eric R. Hostetter, Eric R. Dengate, James Wisseman, Sarah U. Wood, Jeryldene M. Martinez, Victor M. 2010-01-06T17:49:23Z 2010-01-06T17:49:23Z 2012-01-07T11:00:12Z 2010-01-06T17:49:23Z 2009-12 My dissertation traces the Italic roots for the iconographies and roles of Herakles in central and northern Italy (i.e., Etrusco-Italic Herclé) prior to Roman hegemony (ca. 1000-300 BCE). The thesis begins with the premise that this hero-god, commonly known as Herclé, after his Greek namesake, may have had an indigenous ancestry in central and northern Italy. I argue that, although one cannot trace a direct teleological evolution for Herclé that goes back to the beginning of anthropomorphization, earlier and more anonymous Italic hero-figures embody indigenous and deeply rooted cultural meanings that are evident in subsequent representations of Herclé. In shaping my theorization of the indigenous, Italic roots of Herclé, I draw especially on the work of Richard White and Mary Helms. White’s concept of the “middle ground,” which refers to both a geographic location (literally a space of interaction) and a cultural stance (the overlap or place between two differing cultures) is a compelling lens through which to understand the interaction between Greeks and Italic populations. Helms outlines a theory of how distance affects the formation of ideology among ruling elites, such that spatial and temporal distances become linked and equivalent on a cosmological scale. In applying these ideas to the study of objects, I used quantitative elements such as iconography and materiality to get at underlying socio-cultural structure and meaning at both local and regional levels. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2009-12-04T20:11:02Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Martinez_Victor.pdf: 39396558 bytes, checksum: 4dd8b836892e70352943d4c8782cb53d (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2010-01-06T17:49:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 Martinez_Victor.pdf: 39396558 bytes, checksum: 4dd8b836892e70352943d4c8782cb53d (MD5) license.txt: 4065 bytes, checksum: feb76215d4ea42476bcf3c97691c7484 (MD5) 1_Martinez_Victor.pdf: 39528050 bytes, checksum: 5cf5982585b9bfffb00dc2c3acefbadc (MD5) Item marked as restricted to the 'Administrator' Group (id=1) by William Ingram (wingram2@illinois.edu) on 2010-01-06T17:49:46Z Item is restricted until 2012-01-06T17:49:44Z Item reinstated by Sarah Shreeves (sshreeve@illinois.edu) on 2012-01-07T11:00:12Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Dissertations and Theses (ID: 204) Dissertations and Theses - Art History (ID: 772) No. of bitstreams: 4 1_Martinez_Victor.pdf.txt: 1239608 bytes, checksum: ea3ba86ec6923ab409813f98df274281 (MD5) Martinez_Victor.pdf: 39396558 bytes, checksum: 4dd8b836892e70352943d4c8782cb53d (MD5) license.txt: 4065 bytes, checksum: feb76215d4ea42476bcf3c97691c7484 (MD5) 1_Martinez_Victor.pdf: 39528050 bytes, checksum: 5cf5982585b9bfffb00dc2c3acefbadc (MD5) Item released from any restrictions by Sarah Shreeves (sshreeve@illinois.edu) on 2012-01-07T11:00:12Z http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14754 en Copyright 2009 Victor M Martinez Etruscan Herakles Hercle Iconography Richard White Mary Helms Etrusco-Italic Herclé: a study in the formation of image, cult, and regional identity Art & Design 1526 Art History 0250 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D. PHD:Art History -UIUC 10KS0250PHD