Nature and Imagination in Ancient and Early Modern Roman Art

Summary

This volume uses the art of Rome to help us understand the radical historical break between the fundamental ancient pre-supposition that there is a natural world or cosmos situating human life, and the equally fundamental modern emphasis on human imagination and its creative power.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriel Pihas, Pihas Gabriel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.2022
• EAN: 9781032101422
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3210142-2
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Routledge Research in Art History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Theory of art, ART / History / General, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, The environment, History of Art, History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600, Philosophy: aesthetics, History of Architecture, Ancient History, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Archaeological Theory, ART / History / European / Renaissance