The Eye Expanded: Life and the Arts in Greco-Roman Antiquity - Couverture rigide

 
9780520210295: The Eye Expanded: Life and the Arts in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0520210298 ISBN 13 : 9780520210295
Editeur : University of California Press, 1999

Synopsis

Plato and Aristotle both believed that the arts were mimetic creations of the human mind that had the power to influence society. In this they were representative of a widespread consensus in ancient culture. Cultural and political impulses informed the fine arts, and these in turn shaped-and were often intended to shape-the living world. The contributors to this volume, all of whom have been encouraged and inspired by the work of Peter Green, document the interaction between life and the arts that has made art more lively and life more artful in sixteen essays with subjects ranging from antiquity to modern times.

With topics ranging from Antigone to D. H. Lawrence and Norman Douglas, and from Bactrian coins to Livy's characterization of women, the scope, the zest, and the scholarship of these essays will illuminate new avenues in our understanding of the relationship between classics and culture, and in our appreciation of both the artistic products that have come down to us and the varieties of life from which they spring.

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À propos de l'auteur

Frances B. Titchener is Associate Professor of History at Utah State University. Richard F. Moorton Jr. is Associate Professor of Classics at Connecticut College.

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520210298
ISBN 13 
9780520210295
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
306
Éditeur
Titchener Frances B., Moorton Richard F.
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