A companion to ancient aesthetics /
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 expe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA :
John Wiley & Sons,
2015.
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| Series: | Blackwell companions to the ancient world.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 533 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781119009771 1119009774 9781119009788 1119009782 |