Beauty - The Fortunes of an Ancient Greek Idea

Zusatztext David Konstan's book addresses the linguistic roots of the issues around the notion of beauty and offers an impressive analysis and history of the idea of beauty, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Konstan's erudition is striking: with knowledge of Greek, Hebrew, and Latin, he offers a remarkable examination of the uses of the equivalent words for beauty in classical literature, the Bible, and beyond. Informationen zum Autor David Konstan is Professor of Classics at New York University and Emeritus Professor of Classics at Brown University. He is the co-editor of the Emotions of the Past series and author or co-editor of 18 books. Klappentext What makes something beautiful? In this engaging, elegant study, David Konstan turns to ancient Greece to address the nature of beauty. Zusammenfassung What makes something beautiful? In this engaging, elegant study, David Konstan turns to ancient Greece to address the nature of beauty. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Problem with Beauty 2. Beauty in Greek 3. The Nature of Beauty 4. Beauty Transfigured 5. Beauty Across Cultures 6. Greek Beauty Today

Product details

• Authors: David Konstan, David (Professor of Classics At New York Konstan, Konstan David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780190663445
• ISBN: 978-0-19-066344-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture; Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture; Onassis Hellenic Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory