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Aesthetic experiences and classical antiquity : the significance of form in narratives and pictures / Jonas Grethlein, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grethlein, Jonas, 1978- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aesthetics, Ancient.
- Arts, Classical--Philosophy.
- Arts, Classical.
- Classical antiquities in art.
- Classical literature--History and criticism.
- Classical literature.
- Classical antiquities in literature.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- "In this bold book, Jonas Grethlein proposes a new dialogue between the fields of Classics and aesthetics. Ancient material, he argues, has the capacity to challenge and re-orientate current debates. Comparisons with modern art and literature help to balance the historicism of classical scholarship with transcultural theoretical critique. Grethlein discusses ancient narratives and pictures in order to explore the nature of aesthetic experience. While our responses to both narratives and pictures are vicarious, the 'as-if' on which they are premised is specifically shaped by the form of the representation. Form emerges as a key to how narratives and pictures constitute an important means of engaging with experience. Combining theoretical reflections with close readings, this book will appeal to textual scholars as well as to art historians"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: the Sirens' song
- Introduction: the 'as-if' of aesthetic experience
- I. Narratives. Narratives: experiencing time ; The reconfiguration of time in Heliodorus' Ethiopica ; Beyond Heliodorus: François Ozon, Dans la maison
- II. Pictures. Pictures: the detached gaze ; Seeing (in) ancient vases ; Beyond ancient vase-painting: Rabih Mroué, The Fall of a Hair
- Epilogue: the Sirens in Los Angeles.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107192652
- 110719265X
- OCLC:
- 989046614
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