Ornament and figure in Graeco-Roman art: rethinking visual ontologies in classical antiquity
How does ‘decoration’ work? What are the relations between ‘figurative’ and ‘ornamental’ modes? And how do such modern western distinctions relate to other critical traditions? While these questions have been much debated among art historians, our book offers an ancient visual cultural perspective....
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| Format: | Conference Paper Edited Volume |
| Language: | German English French |
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Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
[2018]
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9783110469578 |
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| Online Access: | Resolving-System, Volltext: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110469578 Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110469578 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/isbn/9783110469578 Verlag, Cover: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/doc/cover/9783110469578.jpg Verlag, Cover: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/cover/covers/9783110469578.jpg Verlag, Cover: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110469578/original 
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| Author Notes: | edited by Nikolaus Dietrich and Michael Squire |
| Summary: | How does ‘decoration’ work? What are the relations between ‘figurative’ and ‘ornamental’ modes? And how do such modern western distinctions relate to other critical traditions? While these questions have been much debated among art historians, our book offers an ancient visual cultural perspective. On the one hand, we argue, Greek and Roman materials have proved instrumental in shaping modern assumptions. On the other hand, those ideologies are fundamentally removed from ancient ideas: an ancient perspective can therefore shed light on larger aesthetic debates about what images are – or indeed what they should be.This anthology of specially commissioned essays explores a variety of case studies (both literary and art historical alike): it discusses materials from across the ancient Mediterranean, and from Geometric art all the way through to late antiquity; the book also tackles questions of ‘figure’ and ‘ornament’ in relation to different media – including painting, free-standing statues, relief sculpture, mosaics and architecture. A particular feature of the volume lies in bringing together different national academic traditions, building a bridge between formalist approaches and broader cultural historical perspectives |
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| Item Description: | Beiträge teilweise deutsch, teilweise englisch |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9783110469578 9783110468830 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9783110469578 |
| Access: | Restricted Access |