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Aesthetic Experiences and Classical Antiquity : The Significance of Form in Narratives and Pictures - Jonas Grethlein

Aesthetic Experiences and Classical Antiquity

The Significance of Form in Narratives and Pictures

By: Jonas Grethlein

eBook | 30 September 2017

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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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Non-FictionArts & EntertainmentHistory of Art & Design StylesAncient & Classical ArtHistoryGeneral & World HistoryEarliest Times to Present DayAncient History to the Year 500PhilosophyHistory of Western PhilosophyAncient Western PhilosophyArt from 1600 to 1800
Art from 1800 to 1900Art from 1900 to Current

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