Verity Platt

Gebundenes Buch

Facing the Gods

Epiphany and Representation in Graeco-Roman Art, Literature and Religion

Beschreibung

Explores divine manifestations and their representations not only in art, but also in literature, histories and inscriptions.

Autor

Verity Platt is Associate Professor in the Departments of Classics and Art History at Cornell University, New York, having previously taught at the University of Exeter and the University of Chicago. Her research interests include attitudes to the sacred image in antiquity, ancient theories of representation, the relationship between image and text, and Roman wall-painting and funerary art. This is her first book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 502
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1037g
• ISBN-13: 9780521861717
• ISBN-10: 0521861713
• Artikelnr.: 32465927