Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome: Between Art and Social Reality
Visual culture was an essential part of ancient social, religious, and political life. Appearance and experience of beings and things was of paramount importance. In Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome, Tonio Hölscher explores the fundamental phenomena of Greek and Roman visual culture and thei...
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| Format: | Book/Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
2018
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| Series: | Sather Classical Lectures
v.73 |
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| Online Access: | Aggregator, Volltext: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5391426
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| Author Notes: | Tonio Hölscher |
| Summary: | Visual culture was an essential part of ancient social, religious, and political life. Appearance and experience of beings and things was of paramount importance. In Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome, Tonio Hölscher explores the fundamental phenomena of Greek and Roman visual culture and their enormous impact on the ancient world, considering memory over time, personal appearance, conceptualization and representation of reality, and significant decoration as fundamental categories of art as well as of social practice. With an emphasis on public spaces such as sanctuaries, agora and forum, Hölscher investigates the ways in which these spaces were used, viewed, and experienced in religious rituals, political manifestations, and social interaction Cover -- VISUAL POWER IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Periods of Greek and Roman History -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Visuality and Viewing in Ancient Greece and Rome -- 1. Space, Action, and Images -- 2. Time, Memory, and Images -- 3. Person, Identity, and Images -- 4. The Dignity of Reality -- 5. Representation -- 6. Decor -- Notes -- General Index -- Index of Names -- Index of Sites and Museums |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9780520967885 |