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Aesthetic Experiences and Classical Antiquity

The Significance of Form in Narratives and Pictures

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Paperback, 315 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2020
ISBN13: 9781316642573
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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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ISBN13:9781316642573
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:315

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Prologue: the Sirens' song; 1. Introduction: the 'as-if' of aesthetic experience. Part I. Narratives: 2. Narratives: experiencing time; 3. The reconfiguration of time in Heliodorus' Ethiopica; 4. Beyond Heliodorus: Francois Ozon, Dans la maison; Part II. Pictures: 5. Pictures: the detached gaze; 6. Seeing (in) ancient vases; 7. Beyond ancient vase-painting: Rabih Mroue, The Fall of a Hair; Epilogue: the Sirens in Los Angeles.

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