Image and Idea in Fifth Century Greece - Art and Literature After the Persian Wars

List of contents

Chapter 1 Greek Art in an Historical Setting; Chapter 2 Images of Glory and The Art of Power; Chapter 3 ::; Chapter 4 ‘Silent Poetry’; Chapter 5 Trophies for the Gods;

About the author

E.D. Francis

Summary

Francis presents his theory that the ancient world was a unity in which issues of the day were reflected in the language of pictorial and sculptural representation and in the works of literature.

Product details

• Authors: E. D. Francis, Francis E. D.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.1990
• EAN: 9780415019149
• ISBN: 978-0-415-01914-9
• No. of pages: 194
• Weight: 520 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Cultural Studies, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, History of Art, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek style