The Gaze Of Homer
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Author | : Soteroula Constantinidou |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Greek language |
ISBN | : 9789603544999 |
"The present study is an overall investigation of the aspects and functions of light as well as of visual perceptions and the dependence of certain narratives upon notions of light and brightness, of the symbolism and the experience of light in the Homeric world and especially in the Iliad."--P. 2.
Author | : W. H. Auden |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 137 |
Release | : 2024-05-07 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0691256586 |
Back in print for the first time in decades, Auden’s National Book Award–winning poetry collection, in a critical edition that introduces it to a new generation of readers The Shield of Achilles, which won the National Book Award in 1956, may well be W. H. Auden’s most important, intricately designed, and unified book of poetry. In addition to its famous title poem, which reimagines Achilles’s shield for the modern age, when war and heroism have changed beyond recognition, the book also includes two sequences—“Bucolics” and “Horae Canonicae”—that Auden believed to be among his most significant work. Featuring an authoritative text and an introduction and notes by Alan Jacobs, this volume brings Auden’s collection back into print for the first time in decades and offers the only critical edition of the work. As Jacobs writes in the introduction, Auden’s collection “is the boldest and most intellectually assured work of his career, an achievement that has not been sufficiently acknowledged.” Describing the book’s formal qualities and careful structure, Jacobs shows why The Shield of Achilles should be seen as one of Auden’s most central poetic statements—a richly imaginative, beautifully envisioned account of what it means to live, as human beings do, simultaneously in nature and in history.
Author | : Helen Lovatt |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2013-06-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107016118 |
Re-envisions epic from Homer to Nonnus through theories of the gaze.
Author | : Alexandros Kampakoglou |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 2018-03-05 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 311056906X |
Visual culture, performance and spectacle lay at the heart of all aspects of ancient Greek daily routine, such as court and assembly, cult and ritual, and art and culture. Seeing was considered the most secure means of obtaining knowledge, with many citing the etymological connection between ‘seeing’ and ‘knowing’ in ancient Greek as evidence for this. Seeing was also however often associated with mere appearances, false perception and deception. Gazing and visuality in the ancient Greek world have had a central place in the scholarship for some time now, enjoying an abundance of pertinent discussions and bibliography. If this book differs from the previous publications, it is in its emphasis on diverse genres: the concepts ‘gaze’, ‘vision’ and ‘visuality’ are considered across different Greek genres and media. The recipients of ancient Greek literature (both oral and written) were encouraged to perceive the narrated scenes as spectacles and to ‘follow the gaze’ of the characters in the narrative. By setting a broad time span, the evolution of visual culture in Greece is tracked, while also addressing broader topics such as theories of vision, the prominence of visuality in specific time periods, and the position of visuality in a hierarchisation of the senses.
Author | : Helen Lovatt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Epic poetry, Greek |
ISBN | : 9781139890694 |
Re-envisions epic from Homer to Nonnus through theories of the gaze.
Author | : Homer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Steven Runciman |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1987-12-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521347709 |
Sir Steven Runciman explores the First Crusade and the foundation of the kingdom of Jerusalem.
Author | : Kenneth John Atchity |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195123034 |
The wonders of the Greek world are presented in a modern, accessible manner, perfect for those looking to refresh their acquaintance with the classics and for those who have yet to explore the exciting intellectual energy of ancient Greece. Atchity focuses not only on the big names but also on the less-familiar voices--the women, doctors, storytellers, herbalists, and romance writers of the time. 43 photos.
Author | : Jerry Toner |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2013-03-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674076281 |
Spanning the Crusades, the Indian Raj, and the postwar decline of the British Empire, Homer’s Turk illuminates how English writers of all eras have relied on Greek and Roman literature to help them understand the world once called “the Orient.” Even today, the Classics frame the West’s relationship with the Islamic world, India, and China.
Author | : Frank H. Goodyear III |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2018-01-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0300214553 |
A revelatory exploration of Winslow Homer’s engagement with photography, shedding new light on his celebrated paintings and works on paper One of the greatest American painters of the 19th century, Winslow Homer (1836–1910) also maintained a deep engagement with photography throughout his career. Focusing on the important, yet often-overlooked, role that photography played in Homer’s art, this volume exposes Homer’s own experiments with the camera (he first bought one in 1882). It also explores how the medium of photography and the larger visual economy influenced his work as a painter, watercolorist, and printmaker at a moment when new print technologies inundated the public with images. Frank Goodyear and Dana Byrd demonstrate that photography offered Homer new ways of seeing and representing the world, from his early commercial engravings sourced from contemporary photographs to the complex relationship between his late-career paintings of life in the Bahamas, Florida, and Cuba and the emergent trend of tourist photography. The authors argue that Homer’s understanding of the camera’s ability to create an image that is simultaneously accurate and capable of deception was vitally important to his artistic practice in all media. Richly illustrated and full of exciting new discoveries, Winslow Homer and the Camera is a long-overdue examination of the ways in which photography shaped the vision of one of America’s most original painters.