The Virtues and Vices in the Arts

A Sourcebook

302 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

An anthology of literary extracts and artistic images exploring virtue and vice in Western culture, from classical and biblical times to the modern era.The seven deadly sins are pride, envy, anger, sloth, gluttony, greed, and lust. The seven virtues are prudence, fortitude, temperance, justice, faith, hope, and love. 'The Virtues and Vices in the Arts' brings all of them together and for the first time lays out their history in a collection of the most important philosophical, religious, literary, and art-historical works.Starting with the Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian antecedents, this anthology of source documents traces the tradition of virtues and vices through its cultural apex during the medieval era and then into their continued development and transformation from the Renaissance to the present. This anthology includes excerpts of Plato's 'Republic', the Bible, Dante's 'Purgatorio', and the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and C.S. Lewis. Also included are works of art from medieval manuscripts; paintings by Giotto, Veronese, and Paul Cadmus; prints by Brueghel; and a photograph by Oscar Rejlander. What these works show is the vitality and richness of the virtues and vices in the arts from their origins to the present.

• Reihe: Lutterworth Press
• ISBN: 9780718894047
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.08.2015
• Größe: 254 x 178 mm
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Herausgegeben von: Shawn R. Tucker