Ornament and figure in Graeco-Roman art : rethinking visual ontologies in classical antiquity / edited by Nikolaus Dietrich and Michael Squire.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harold C. Putnam Book Fund.

Dietrich, Nikolaus, editor.

Squire, Michael, editor.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Art, Greco-Roman--Themes, motives.

Art, Greco-Roman.

Image (Philosophy).

Themes, motives.

Physical Description:

xi, 422 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, GmbH, [2018]

Language Note:

In English, French and German.

Summary:

"This edited collection explores the relationship between 'ornament' and 'figure' in Graeco-Roman antiquity. Through a series of specially commissioned chapters, contributors examine a range of ancient materials and texts: combining theoretical discussion and close analytical interpretations, the book interrogates shifting ideas of the image in both antiquity and the ensuing western art critical tradition"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

To haunt, to startle, and way-lay : Approaching ornament and figure in Graeco-Roman art / Michael Squire

Figürlicher Schmuck in der griechischen Architektur zwischen Dekor und Repräsentation / Tonio Hölscher

Ornamental and formulaic patterns : The semantic significance of form in early Greek vase-painting and Homeric epic / Jonas Grethlein

Ornament und design : Attisch geometrische Figuralgefässee und Gefässee mit plastischem Dekor / Annette Haug

Armure et ornement dans l'imagerie attique / François Lissarague

Beneath the handles of Attic vases / Nikolina Kéi

Order and contingency in Archaic Greek ornament and figure / Nikolaus Dietrich

Ornament, incipience and narrative : Geometric to Classical / Richard Neer

Of sponges and stones : Matter and ornament in Roman painting / Verity Platt

Esteemed ornament : An overlooked value for approaching Roman visual culture / Nicola Barham

Delectari varietate : Zur Erklärung der repetitiven Darstellung auf dem 'Puteal Tegel' / Arne Reinhardt

Figure and ornament, death and transformation in the Tomb of the Haterii / Jennifer Trimble

Ornament, figure and mise en abyme on Roman sarcophagi / Jaś Elsner

Aus der Perspektive der römischen Bodenmosaiken : Ornamentalisierte Figuren oder figuralisierte Ornamente? / Susanne Muth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harold C. Putnam Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Ornament and figure in Graeco-Roman art.

ISBN:

9783110460155

3110460157

OCLC:

1025362221