Sight and the ancient senses / edited by Michael Squire.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Squire, Michael, editor.

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

Senses in antiquity

The senses in antiquity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Classical.

Vision--Social aspects--Greece--History--To 1500.

Vision.

Vision--Social aspects--Rome--History.

Visual perception--Social aspects--Greece--History--To 1500.

Visual perception.

Visual perception--Social aspects--Rome--History--To 1500.

Senses and sensation--Social aspects--Greece--History--To 1500.

Senses and sensation.

Senses and sensation--Social aspects--Rome--History.

Senses and sensation--Social aspects.

History.

Visual perception--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

Greece.

Physical Description:

xiii, 313 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

"Sight and the Ancient Senses is the first thorough introduction to the conceptualization of sight in the history, visual culture, literature and philosophy of classical antiquity. Examining how Greeks and Romans interpreted what they saw, the collection also considers sight in relation to the other senses. This volume brings together a number of interdisciplinary perspectives to deliver a broad and balanced coverage of this subject. Contributors explore the cultural, social and intellectual backdrops that gave rise to ancient theories of seeing, from Archaic Greece through to the advent of Christianity in late antiquity. This series of specially commissioned thematic chapters demonstrate how theories about sight informed Graeco-Roman philosophy, science, poetry rhetoric and art. The collection also reaches beyond its Graeco-Roman visual framework, showcasing how ancient ideas have influenced the longue durée of western sensory thinking. Richly illustrated throughout, including a section of color plates, Sight and the Ancient Senses is a wide-ranging introduction to ancient theories of seeing which will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of classical antiquity"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introductory reflections: Making sense of ancient sight / MICHAEL SQUIRE

Sight and the presocratics : approaches to visual perception in early Greek philosophy / KELLI RUDOLPH

Sight and the philosophy of vision in classical Greece : Democritus, Plato and Aristotle / ANDREA NIGHTINGALE

Sight and the perspectives of mathematics : the limits of ancient optics / REVIEL NETZ & MICHAEL SQUIRE

Sight and reflexivity : theorizing vision in Greek vase-painting / JONAS GRETHLEIN

Sight and painting : optical theory and pictorial poetics in classical Greek art / JEREMY TANNER

Sight and light : reified gazes and looking artefacts in the Greek cultural imagination / RUTH BIELFELDT

Sight and death : seeing the dead through ancient eyes / SUSANNE TURNER

Sight and the gods : on the desire to see naked nymphs / VERITY PLATT

Sight and memory : the visual art of Roman mnemonics / JAS ELSNER & MICHAEL SQUIRE

Sight and insight : theorizing vision, emotion and imagination in ancient rhetoric / RUTH WEBB

Sight and Christianity : early Christian attitudes to seeing / JANE HEATH

Sight and blindness : the mask of Thamyris / LYNDSAY COO

Sight in retrospective : the afterlife of ancient optics / A. MARK SMITH.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9781844658664

9781844658657

1844658651

184465866X

OCLC:

926623405

Publisher Number:

99966716610