Aesthetic Experiences and Classical Antiquity
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Aesthetic Experiences and Classical Antiquity

The Significance of Form in Narratives and Pictures

Jonas Grethlein

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Aesthetic Experiences and Classical Antiquity

The Significance of Form in Narratives and Pictures

Jonas Grethlein

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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 discusses ancient narratives and pictures in order to explore the nature of aesthetic experience. While our responses to both narratives and pictures are vicarious, the 'as-if' on which they are premised is specifically shaped by the form of the representation. Form emerges as a key to how narratives and pictures constitute an important means of engaging with experience. Combining theoretical reflections with close readings, this book will appeal to art historians as well as to textual scholars.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781108136792
Topic
Storia
Subtopic
Storia antica

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