Ancient Mythological Images and Their Interpretation - An Introduction to Iconology, Semiotics Image Studies in Classical

Informationen zum Autor Katharina Lorenz is Associate Professor of Classical Studies in the Department of Classics and Director of the Digital Humanities Centre at the University of Nottingham. Her main research interest is in the methodologies for the study of Classical art and their implications for historical understanding. She is the author of Bilder machen Räume: Mythenbilder in pompeianischen Häusern (2008) and has published widely on Greek and Roman visual narrative, Roman painting and the domestic context, art historiography and intellectual history, and digital heritage engagement. Klappentext "Proposes a new framework for the study of (ancient) visual culture based on engagement with Greek and Roman mythological imagery, appealing to those seeking to better their understanding of Greek and Roman cultural history; relates historiography and method development in Classical archaeology and ancient art history to the art history of more modern periods, and will therefore be of interest to readers interested in the Classical world and those concerned with more recent historical periods; tracks intellectual developments in different contexts and carves out their similarities and differences, speaking to readers from different intellectual backgrounds and familiarising them with broader developments in Western European art history"--From publisher's website. Zusammenfassung This book provides an accessible and thorough account of important theoretical approaches to the study of Greek and Roman art! with particular reference to mythological imagery! leading to a new means of interrogating ancient visual culture. It is written for a readership in a range of disciplines. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Iconology; 2. Semiotics; 3. Image studies.

Product details

• Authors: Katharina Lorenz, Katharina (Associate Professor in Classica Lorenz, Lorenz Katharina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2016
• EAN: 9780521195089
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19508-9
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Southern Europe, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Ancient, ART / European, History of Art, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Ancient religions & mythologies, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Ancient religions and Mythologies