The Art of Ancient Spectacle - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300077335 ISBN 13 : 9780300077339

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Festivals, ceremonies, rituals, and other displays provide powerful ways to create and express a collective identity. This engaging book is the first to explore the intersection between ancient Greek and Roman spectacles and visual artefacts. The contributors to the volume consider how participation and spectatorship in diverse public activities influenced perceptions of what it meant to be Greek or Roman. And they examine the essential roles of physical sites, special effects, choreography, props, and visual representations in these live performances from the fourth century B.C.E. to the sixth century C.E.. This book defines spectacle broadly. It encompasses not only officially sanctioned collective performance but also impromptu acts, spontaneous parodies, and even personal appearances on the street. Events ranging from combat in the arena to theatre productions, from banquets to funerals, are discussed in terms of their forms and the visual arts created for them. Art and architecture generally functioned on three levels, the contributors find: as prop and setting, as a record of the event, and as a reminder of the event to the beholder. Out of this examination of the nature of Greek and Roman spectacles and their surviving images emerges a clearer understanding of their vital impact on later art, theatre, literature, and ceremony.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bettina Bergmann is associate professor of art at Mount Holyoke College. Christine Kondoleon is curator of Greek and Roman art at the Worcester Art Museum. Studies in the History of Art.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300077335
• ISBN 13: 9780300077339
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 374
• Éditeur: Bergmann Bettina, Kondoleon Christine
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