Translations of the sublime : the early modern reception and dissemination of Longinus' Peri hupsous in rhetoric, the visual arts, architecture and the theatre / edited by Caroline van Eck, Stijn Bussels, Maarten Delbeke and Jürgen Pieters.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eck, Caroline van, editor.

Bussels, Stijn, editor.

Delbeke, Maarten, editor.

Pieters, Jürgen, editor.

Series:

Intersections (Boston, Mass.) ; v. 24.

Intersections, interdisciplinary studies in early modern culture, 1568-1811 ; volume 24

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Longinus, active 1st century. On the sublime.

Longinus.

Longinus, active 1st century--Appreciation.

Longinus, active 1st century.

Sublime, The, in art.

Arts, Modern--Themes, motives.

Arts, Modern.

Physical Description:

xix, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

Contributions in English, French, and German.

Summary:

Historians, historians of art and architecture, and scholars of literature examine the reception of first-century AD Greek writer Longinus' treatise on the sublime before modern notions of sublime had been codified. Their topics include Longinus and poetic imagination in late Renaissance literary theory, le mervielleux and the sublime in theories on French performing arts 1650-1750, painter Salvator Rosa and the 17th-century sublime, figuring the sublime in English church architecture 1640-1730, and 18th-century architectural experience and the sublime. Only names are indexed. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The meaning of Apostrophè in Longinus's On the sublime (16, 2) / Francis Goyet

Longinus and poetic imagination in late renaissance literary theory / Eugenio Refini

The sublime and the Bible: Longinus, Protestant dogmatics, and the "Sublime Style" / Dietmar Till

A l'aune du sublime : autour du <<Parallèle de Corneille et Racine>> (1688) de La Bruyère / Paul J. Smith

Orrore, terrore, timore. Vasari und das Erhabene / Hana Gründler

Elevated twins and the vicious sublime. Gianlorenzo Bernini and Louis XIV / Maarten Delbeke

"One never sees monsters without experiencing emotion". Le merveilleux and the sublime in theories on French performing arts (1650-1750) / Stijn Bussels and Bram Van Oostveldt

The Demosthenes of painting. Salvator Rosa and the 17th century sublilme / Helen Langdon

The Longinian sublime, effect and affect in 'baroque' British visual culture / Lydia Hamlett

Figuring the sublime in English church architecture 1640-1730 / Caroline van Eck

Paradoxical encounters, eighteenth-century architectural experiences and the sublime / Sigrid de Jong.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004229556

9004229558

9004234330

9789004234338

OCLC:

801218961