The first of its kind, A Companion to Ancient Aestheticspresents a synoptic view of the arts, which crosses traditionalboundaries and explores the aesthetic experience of the ancientsacross a range of media oral, aural, visual, andliterary. Investigates the many ways in which the arts were experiencedand conceptualized in the ancient world Explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across arange of media, treating literary, oral, aural, and visual artstogether in a single volume Presents an integrated perspective on the major themes ofancient aesthetics which challenges traditional demarcations Raises questions about the similarities and differences betweenancient and modern ways of thinking about the place of art insociety INDICE: Illustrations viii.Notes on Contributors ix.Acknowledgments xiv.Introduction 1Pierre Destrée and Penelope Murray.Part I Art in Context 15.1 Greece 17Richard P. Martin.2 Figures of the Poet in Greek Epic and Lyric 31Deborah Steiner.3 The Hellenistic World 47Graham Zanker.4 Rome 68Thomas Habinek.5 Music and Dance in Greece and Rome 81Eleonora Rocconi.6 Greek Sculpture 94Rosemary Barrow.7 Painting and Private Art Collections in Rome 109Agnès Rouveret.8 Architecture and Society 128Catherine Saliou.Part II Reflecting on Art 141.9 Literary Criticism and the Poet s Autonomy 143Andrew Ford.10 Poetic Inspiration 158Penelope Murray.11 The Canons of Style 175Jeffrey Walker.12 Sense and Sensation in Music 188Armand D Angour.13 Dance and Aesthetic Perception 204Anastasia ]Erasmia Peponi.14 Greek Painting and the Challenge of Mimes is 218Hariclia Brecoulaki.15 Ways of Looking at Greek Vases 237François Lissarrague.16 Displaying Sculpture in Rome 248Thea Ravasi.17 Perceiving Colors 262M. Michela Sassi.18 The Beauties of Architecture 274Edmund Thomas.19 Stylistic Landscapes 291Nancy Worman.20 Conceptualizing the (Visual) Arts 307Michael Squire.Part III Aesthetic Issues 327.21 Mimesis 329Paul Woodruff.22 Fiction 341Stephen Halliwell.23 Imagination 354Anne Sheppard.24 Beauty 366David Konstan.25 Unity, Wholeness, and Proportion 381Malcolm Heath.26 The Sublime 393James I. Porter.27 Poikilia 406Adeline Grand ]Clément.28 Wonder 422Christine Hunzinger.29 Tragic Emotions 438Christof Rapp.30 Laughter 455Ralph M. Rosen.31 Pleasure 472Pierre Destrée.32 Art and Morality 486Elizabeth Asmis.33 Art and Value 505Michael Silk.Index 000
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