A companion to ancient aesthetics / edited by Pierre Destree and Penelope Murray.
Contributor(s): Destrée, Pierre [editor.].
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BookSeries: Blackwell companions to the ancient world: Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781119009771 (ePub); 1119009774 (ePub); 9781119009788 (Adobe PDF); 1119009782 (Adobe PDF); 9781119009795; 1119009790.Subject(s): Aesthetics, Ancient | PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics | Aesthetics, AncientGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Companion to ancient aestheticsDDC classification: 111/.85093 Online resources: Wiley Online Library 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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