A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics

von Penelope Murray, Pierre Destree

552 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The first of its kind, A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics presents a synoptic view of the arts, which crosses traditional boundaries and explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across a range of media-oral, aural, visual, and literary.

- Investigates the many ways in which the arts were experienced and conceptualized in the ancient world - Explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across a range of media, treating literary, oral, aural, and visual arts together in a single volume - Presents an integrated perspective on the major themes of ancient aesthetics which challenges traditional demarcations - Raises questions about the similarities and differences between ancient and modern ways of thinking about the place of art in society

• Reihe: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte
• ISBN: 9781444337648
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.07.2015
• Größe: 250 x 175 mm
• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd