Aesthetic Experiences and Classical Antiquity : The Significance of Form in Narratives and Pictures
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1316642577
ISBN-13
9781316642573
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 16th, 2020
Print length
315 Pages
Weight
548 grams
Dimensions
16.80 x 24.40 x 2.20 cms
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This study proposes a new dialogue between the fields of Classics and aesthetics. It uses ancient narratives and pictures, comparing them with modern material, in order to explore the specific nature of aesthetic experience.
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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