Aesthetic experiences and classical antiquity : the significance of form in narratives and pictures...
Aesthetic experiences and classical antiquity : the significance of form in narratives and pictures...
Aesthetic experiences and classical antiquity : the significance of form in narratives and pictures / Jonas Grethlein.
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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G 2018/6125
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: the Sirens' song -- Introduction: the 'as-if' of aesthetic experience -- I. Narratives. Narratives: experiencing time ; The reconfiguration of time in Heliodorus' Ethiopica ; Beyond Heliodorus: François Ozon, Dans la maison -- II. Pictures. Pictures: the detached gaze ; Seeing (in) ancien...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"In this bold book, Jonas Grethlein proposes a new dialogue between the fields of Classics and aesthetics. Ancient material, he argues, has the capacity to challenge and re-orientate current debates. Comparisons with modern art and literature help to balance the historicism of classical scholarship with transcultural theoretical critique. Grethlein...
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Aesthetic experiences and classical antiquity : the significance of form in narratives and pictures / Jonas Grethlein.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index.
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G 2018/6125
Record Identifier
74VKVQ7Ov43l
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQ7Ov43l
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ISBN
110719265X (hardback)
9781107192652 (hardback)
DDC
111.85093
MMS ID
991024195681202626
