The Eye Expanded

Life and the Arts in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Frances B. Titchener, Richard F. Moorton, Frances B. Titchener, Richard F. Moorton Jr.

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9780520210295
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780520919709
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: History of Ancient Art
• Index: History

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.
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 f

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• ILLUSTRATIONS
• TABLES
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Introduction
• ONE The “Ominous” Birth of Peisistratos
• TWO Antigone Nodding, Unbowed
• THREE Dionysus or Polemos?
• FOUR Athenian Democracy and the Idea of Stability
• FIVE Alexander at the Beas
• SIX A Note on the “Alexander Mosaic”
• SEVEN Mimesis in Metal
• EIGHT Cleitarchus in Jerusalem
• NINE The Hellenistic Images of Joseph
• TEN Egyptians and Greeks
• ELEVEN Autobiography and the Hellenistic Age
• TWELVE The Classical City Reconsidered
• THIRTEEN Augustan Classicism
• FOURTEEN The Founding Mothers of Livy’s Rome
• FIFTEEN Modern Pagans in a Classical Landscape
• SIXTEEN Macedonia Redux
• SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS BY PETER M. GREEN
• CONTRIBUTORS
• INDEX