Social and Interpretation Codes of Female Hairstyles in the Aegean Art

Abstract

The aim of this study is to identify the specific features of artistic, aesthetic, ceremonial and social aspects of the female hairstyle of the Aegean world on the basis of art analysis of frescoes of the Crete-Mycenaean civilization.Research methodology. The following methods of scientific cognition have been used in the article: the method of historicism (for the study of the artistic-aesthetic, ceremonial and social aspects of a female hairstyle in the context of the specificity of the Cretan-Mycenaean art); typological method (contributed to the determination of the features of the hairstyle according to the woman’s belonging to a certain age group); method of comparative analysis (aimed at identifying common and distinctive elements of female hairstyles of Minoan and Mycenaean culture, as well as understanding of their interpretive codes); method of art analysis (to determine the stylistic features of the female hairstyle of the Aegean world), method of theoretical generalization (to summarize the study).Results. A long-standing women’s hairstyle is not only a representative means of expressing beauty, but also a complex system of semantic elements, peculiar visual indicators that play an extraordinary role in the process of personality image formation.Artistic analysis of the Minoan and Mycenaean women’s hairstyles revealed that in addition to directly artistic and aesthetic function, hairstyles should be positioned as a symbol of belonging to a certain age (child, teenager, young girl, adult woman, elderly woman) or social group, as well as important element of ritual.Novelty. The specific aesthetic, ritual and social aspects of the female hairstyle of the Aegean world are studied. On the basis of art analysis of frescoes of the Cretan-Mycenaean culture, social and interpretative codes of the Minoan (Cretan) and Mycenaean women’s hairstyles are determined.The practical significance. Material statistics may be used in theory and practice of the Peruvian mystery; article historical, factual and theoretical basis for the development of food, due to the specific needs of women’s critically-minded customers.