Place and Performance in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China

Summary

Examines the construction of space and place in early China and the ancient Mediterranean through the lens of performances conducted in a wide range of specific locations, such as roads, gardens, neighbourhoods, hydraulic infrastructures, funerary performance, spectacles at court, and the everyday display of authority through clothing and fashion.

Product details

• Assisted by: Hans (Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster Beck (Editor), Griet (McGill University Vankeerberghen (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.08.2024
• EAN: 9781009390026
• ISBN: 978-1-00-939002-6
• No. of pages: 448
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises; 10 Maps; 8 Halftones, color; 6 Line drawings, black and white
• Series: Antiquity in Global Context
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories