
The Eye Expanded
Life and the Arts in Greco-Roman Antiquity
University of California Press
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 3. May 1999
Book
Hardback
306 pages
978-0-520-21029-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1 color illustration, 15 b-w photographs, 2 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-21029-5 (9780520210295)
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Frances B. Titchener | Richard F. Moorton
The Eye Expanded
Life and the Arts in Greco-Roman Antiquity
E-Book
09/2020
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€61.49
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Persons
Frances B. Titchener is Associate Professor of History at Utah State University. Richard F. Moorton Jr. is Associate Professor of Classics at Connecticut College.
Content
CONTRIBUTORS: Ernst Badian, Alan L. Boegehold, Eugene N. Borza, Stanley M. Burstein, Diana Delia, Robert Eisner, Donald Engels, Frank J. Frost, Karl Galinsky, Erich S. Gruen, Frank L. Holt, Richard F. Moorton Jr., Alan Samuel, Philip O. Spann, Frances B. Titchener, Elizabeth Vandiver