Michael Silk, Ingo Gildenhard, Rosemary Barrow

The Classical Tradition

Art, Literature, Thought

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought presents an authoritative, coherent and wide-ranging guide to the afterlife of Greco-Roman antiquity in later Western cultures and a ground-breaking reinterpretation of large aspects of Western culture as a whole from a classical perspective.

Features a unique combination of chronological range, cultural scope, coherent argument, and unified analysis
Written in a lively, engaging, and elegant manner
Presents an innovative overview of the afterlife of antiquity
Crosses disciplinary boundaries to make new sense of a rich variety of material, rarely brought together
Fully illustrated with a mix of color and black & white images

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 177mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 984g
• ISBN-13: 9781405155496
• ISBN-10: 1405155493
• Artikelnr.: 38609284

Autorenporträt

Michael Silk is Professor of Classical and Comparative Literature at King's College London and Adjunct Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Ingo Gildenhard is a Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King's College. Rosemary Barrow is Reader in Classical Art and Reception at the University of Roehampton.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures vii List of Plates viii Prologue ix Acknowledgements xiii
Part I Overview 1 §1 The Classical Tradition and the Scope of Our Book 3 §2
Mapping the Field 10 §3 Eras 15 §4 Sustaining the Tradition: Classics and
Education 32 §5 Authority and Authorities 52 §6 Masters of Knowledge 61 §7
Models of Style 69 §8 Beacons of Morality 79 §9 Love Guides 87 §10 Special
Relationships 98 §11 The Visual Arts: Contexts and Connections 102 §12
Popular Culture and its Problematics 119 §13 Languages and Language 137 §14
Modes of Engagement 166 §15 Translation 173 §16 Science and Sensibility 199
§17 Looking at the Past 224 §18 The Classical Tradition - and the Rest 241
Part II Archetypes 249 §19 Preface 251 §20 The Dome 253 §21 The Hero 263
§22 Word-Genres 276 Part III The Imaginary 287 §23 Preface 289 §24 Myth 292
§25 The City: Rome 306 §26 Forms of Government 322 §27 The Order of Things
331 Part IV Making a Difference 341 §28 Preface 343 §29 Originators 346 §30
Points of Departure 358 §31 Ideas and Action 375 Part V Contrasts and
Comparisons 391 §32 Preface 393 §33 Painting 394 §34 Political Thought 402
§35 Poetry 411 Epilogue 427 Bibliography 431 Index 474

Rezensionen

"The authors are able to write a most readable book that has the merit to summarize the topic of the afterlife of antiquity with a variety not common in other books on the same subject. The emphasis on architecture, and not only on visual arts, and the references to political and aesthetic thought are most welcome." (Enthymema, 28 November 2014)