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A companion to ancient aesthetics / edited by Pierre Destree and Penelope Murray.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell companions to the ancient worldPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781119009771 (ePub)
  • 1119009774 (ePub)
  • 9781119009788 (Adobe PDF)
  • 1119009782 (Adobe PDF)
  • 9781119009795
  • 1119009790
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Companion to ancient aestheticsDDC classification:
  • 111/.85093 23
LOC classification:
  • BH90
Online resources: 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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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.