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Aesthetic experiences and classical antiquity : the significance of form in narratives and pictures / Jonas Grethlein, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany.
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- 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:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harold C. Putnam Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781108131582
- 1108131581
- Publisher Number:
- 99985004689
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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