Aesthetic experiences and classical antiquity : the significance of form in narratives and pictures / Jonas Grethlein, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany.

Author/Creator:

Grethlein, Jonas, 1978- author.

Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages) : illustrations.

Subjects:

Aesthetics, Ancient.
Arts, Classical -- Philosophy.
Classical antiquities in art.
Classical literature -- History and criticism.
Classical antiquities in literature.

Contents:

Prologue: the Sirens' song
Introduction: the 'as-if' of aesthetic experience
I. Narratives. Narratives: experiencing time ; The reconfiguration of time in Heliodorus' Ethiopica ; Beyond Heliodorus: François Ozon, Dans la maison
II. Pictures. Pictures: the detached gaze ; Seeing (in) ancient vases ; Beyond ancient vase-painting: Rabih Mroué, The Fall of a Hair
Epilogue: the Sirens in Los Angeles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.

Contributor:

Cambridge University Press

ISBN:

9781108131582 (electronic bk.)
1108131581 (electronic bk.)
9781107192652
110719265X

Publisher Number:

99985004689

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Connect to full text
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/2551448

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