The Allure of the Ancient
Gebundenes Buch

The Allure of the Ancient

Receptions of the Ancient Middle East, Ca. 1600-1800

Herausgeber: Geoga, Margaret; Steele, John
Versandkostenfrei!
Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen
155,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
PAYBACK Punkte
78 °P sammeln!
The Allure of the Ancient investigates how the ancient Middle East was imagined and appropriated for artistic, scholarly, and political purposes in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Bringing together scholars of the ancient and early modern worlds, the volume approaches reception history from an interdisciplinary perspective, asking how early modern artists and scholars interpreted ancient Middle Eastern civilizations--such as Egypt, Babylonia, and Persia--and how their interpretations were shaped by early modern contexts and concerns. The volume's chapters cross disciplinary boundarie...