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Arts, Classical. --- Classical literature --- Reader-response criticism. --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc.

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In 'Roman Eyes', Jas Elsner seeks to understand the multiple ways that art in ancient Rome formulated the very conditions for its own viewing, and as a result was complicit in the construction of subjectivity in the Roman Empire. Elsner draws upon a wide variety of visual material, from sculpture and wall paintings to coins and terra-cotta statuettes. He examines the different contexts in which images were used, from the religious to the voyeuristic, from the domestic to the subversive. He reads images alongside and against the rich literary tradition of the Greco-Roman world, including travel writing, prose fiction, satire, poetry, mythology, and pilgrimage accounts. The astonishing picture that emerges reveals the mindsets Romans had when they viewed art--their preoccupations and theories, their cultural biases and loosely held beliefs. 'Roman Eyes' is not a history of official public art--the monumental sculptures, arches, and buildings we typically associate with ancient Rome, and that tend to dominate the field. Rather, Elsner looks at smaller objects used or displayed in private settings and closed religious rituals, including tapestries, ivories, altars, jewelry, and even silverware. In many cases, he focuses on works of art that no longer exist, providing a rare window into the aesthetic and religious lives of the ancient Romans.

Art, Classical. --- Aesthetics, Roman. --- Visual perception. --- Art antique --- Esthétique romaine --- Perception visuelle --- Rome ancienne --- --Iconographie --- --Art --- --Littérature --- --Arts, Classical --- Aesthetics, Roman --- Visual Perception --- Arts, Classical. --- Esthétique romaine --- Arts, Classical --- Visual perception --- Optics, Psychological --- Vision --- Perception --- Visual discrimination --- Classical arts --- Roman aesthetics --- Psychological aspects --- Iconographie --- Art --- Littérature

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In this bold book, Jonas Grethlein proposes a new dialogue between the fields of Classics and aesthetics. Ancient material, he argues, has the capacity to challenge and re-orientate current debates. Comparisons with modern art and literature help to balance the historicism of classical scholarship with transcultural theoretical critique. Grethlein discusses ancient narratives and pictures in order to explore the nature of aesthetic experience. While our responses to both narratives and pictures are vicarious, the 'as-if' on which they are premised is specifically shaped by the form of the representation. Form emerges as a key to how narratives and pictures constitute an important means of engaging with experience. Combining theoretical reflections with close readings, this book will appeal to art historians as well as to textual scholars.

Form. --- Aesthetics, Ancient. --- Arts, Classical --- Classical antiquities in art. --- Classical antiquities in literature. --- Classical literature --- Ästhetik. --- Antike. --- Kunst. --- Literatur. --- Philosophy. --- History and criticism. --- HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Classical arts