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The world underfoot : mosaics and metaphor in the Greek symposium / Hallie M. Franks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franks, Hallie M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mosaic floors--Greece--Themes, motives.
- Mosaic floors.
- Symposium (Classical Greek drinking party).
- Metaphor in art.
- Art and society--Greece--History--To 1500.
- Art and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Drawing on discourses in the sociology and anthropology of space, the author presents an innovative new interpretation of pebble mosaic imagery as an active contributor to the ancient Greek symposium as a metaphorical experience.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The World Underfoot
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Symposium, the Andron, the Mosaics
- 2. The Journey Out: Symposium at Sea
- 3. The Journey In: Dionysos the Traveler
- 4. The Journey Around: Turning and Turn-Taking
- 5. The Journey Back: Symposia of the Past
- Conclusion
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-086318-8
- 0-19-086319-6
- 0-19-086317-X
- OCLC:
- 1013490073
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