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"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 "--
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
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"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)
