Michael Squire (King's College London)

The Iliad in a Nutshell: Visualizing Epic on the Tabulae Iliacae

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new, illustrated study of the Iliac tablets, a group of objects inscribed in miniature with epic episodes. Like the tablets themselves, Michael Squire tackles major themes through small ones, by relating their production to macroscopic problems of signification in Graeco-Roman antiquity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 188mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1000g
• ISBN-13: 9780198754138
• ISBN-10: 0198754132
• Artikelnr.: 47868409

Autorenporträt

Dr Michael Squire is Reader in Classical Art at King's College, London

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Colour Plates
List of Abbreviations
Opening Sesame: The Book in a Nutshell
Putting the Pieces Together
Mastering Theodorean Technê
Choosing Your Own Adventure
Turning the Tables
The Art and Poetics of Scale
Ecphrastic Circles
Taking the Tablets
Appendices
Appendix I: Inventory of the Tablets
Appendix II: 'Tablet 23Ky' (Tabulae Cumaea)?
Bibliography
Index Locorum
General Index