Art Desire And The Body In Ancient Greece
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| Author | : Andrew F. Stewart |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780521456807 |
The body was central to the visual culture of ancient Greece, reflecting an obsession with physical beauty, integrity, dynamism, and power. In this penetrating study, Andrew Stewart analyses the problem of the Greeks' strange preoccupation with nakedness and sketches how artworks filter our understanding of the subject. Exploring selected constructions of gender, ranging from the men of the Parthenon frieze to naked girls on Spartan hand-mirrors, Stewart investigates the Greek body as a microcosm of society, focusing upon figurations of the Athenian body politic; erotica for men and women; and selected representations of the Other, such as Gorgons, Satyrs, Centaurs, and Amazons. A cultural, theoretical and sociological study of this seminal topic, Stewart's analysis offers new insights into the society and mentality of the ancient Greeks.
| Author | : Andrew Stewart |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008-10-20 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 0521853214 |
Addresses the 'Classical Revolution' in Greek art, its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact.
| Author | : Mireille M. Lee |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 383 |
| Release | : 2015-01-12 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1316194957 |
This is the first general monograph on ancient Greek dress in English to be published in more than a century. By applying modern dress theory to the ancient evidence, this book reconstructs the social meanings attached to the dressed body in ancient Greece. Whereas many scholars have focused on individual aspects of ancient Greek dress, from the perspectives of literary, visual, and archaeological sources, this volume synthesizes the diverse evidence and offers fresh insights into this essential aspect of ancient society. Intended to be accessible to nonspecialists as well as classicists, and students as well as academic professionals, this book will find a wide audience.
| Author | : David Konstan |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 019992726X |
What makes something beautiful? In this engaging, elegant study, David Konstan turns to ancient Greece to address the nature of beauty.
| Author | : Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 434 |
| Release | : 2015-01-27 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1444350153 |
Offering a unique blend of thematic and chronological investigation, this highly illustrated, engaging text explores the rich historical, cultural, and social contexts of 3,000 years of Greek art, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. Uniquely intersperses chapters devoted to major periods of Greek art from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period, with chapters containing discussions of important contextual themes across all of the periods Contextual chapters illustrate how a range of factors, such as the urban environment, gender, markets, and cross-cultural contact, influenced the development of art Chronological chapters survey the appearance and development of key artistic genres and explore how artifacts and architecture of the time reflect these styles Offers a variety of engaging and informative pedagogical features to help students navigate the subject, such as timelines, theme-based textboxes, key terms defined in margins, and further readings. Information is presented clearly and contextualized so that it is accessible to students regardless of their prior level of knowledge A book companion website is available at www.wiley.gom/go/greekart with the following resources: PowerPoint slides, glossary, and timeline
| Author | : Rosemary Barrow |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 245 |
| Release | : 2018-10-11 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1108583865 |
Gender and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture offers incisive analysis of selected works of ancient art through a critical use of cutting-edge theory from gender studies, body studies, art history and other related fields. The book raises important questions about ancient sculpture and the contrasting responses that the individual works can be shown to evoke. Rosemary Barrow gives close attention to both original context and modern experience, while directly addressing the question of continuity in gender and body issues from antiquity to the early modern period through a discussion of the sculpture of Bernini. Accessible and fully illustrated, her book features new translations of ancient sources and a glossary of Greek and Latin terms. It will be an invaluable resource and focus for debate for a wide range of readers interested in ancient art, gender and sexuality in antiquity, and art history and gender and body studies more broadly.
| Author | : Nathalie Boymel Kampen |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 1996-01-26 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780521476836 |
Sexuality in Ancient Art is the first anthology on the visual representation of the sexual body, sexual activity and desire, and the role of sexuality in the formation of personality and social institutions. Bringing together essays by historians of the art of Egypt and the Ancient Near East, Greece, the Etruscans, and Rome, this collection demonstrates how a variety of methods and theoretical frames can be used to define and articulate these issues. The goal of this volume is to open a range of new subjects and approaches in the visual arts and the problems of representation to students and scholars of the ancient world.
| Author | : Thomas K. Hubbard |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 637 |
| Release | : 2013-11-21 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1118610687 |
A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities presents a comprehensive collection of original essays relating to aspects of gender and sexuality in the classical world. Views the various practices and discursive contexts of sexuality systematically and holistically Discusses Greece and Rome in each chapter, with sensitivity to the continuities and differences between the two classical civilizations Addresses the classical influence on the understanding of later ages and religion Covers artistic and literary genres, various social environments of sexual conduct, and the technical disciplines of medicine, magic, physiognomy, and dream interpretation Features contributions from more than 40 top international scholars
| Author | : Emma Stafford |
| Publisher | : Getty Publications |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780892367733 |
"Ancient Greece is one of the wellsprings of Western civilization. It transformed and has continued to refresh our architecture, drama, literature, art, philosophy, and politics. Life, Myth, and Art in Ancient Greece is a richly illustrated guide to this heritage and to its roots in the beliefs, rituals, and artistic achievements of an extraordinary culture." "This book covers themes that have long inspired the imagination, including myths of the gods and goddesses who intervened in-human affairs ; the voyages and conflicts of the heroes, from Herakles to Odysseus ; the many columned temples that studded the Greek empire from Athens to Sicily and Asia Minor ; the Dionysian rites of revelry and inebriation ; the Eleusinian mysteries, so secret that even today we can only speculate about what they involved ; major sites such as the Acropolis and the complex formed around the oracle at Delphi ; and the original Olympic games."
| Author | : Kristen Seaman |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2017-06-09 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1107074460 |
Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece questions many long-held ideas and provides a deeper understanding of particular artists and architects.
