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  The Eye Expanded: Life and the Arts in Greco-Roman Antiquity (Hardback) Edited by Frances B. Titchener, Edited by Richard F. Moorton

  

  

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  Short Description for The Eye Expanded Plato and Aristotle both believed that the arts were mimetic creations of the human mind that had the power to influence society. These essays document the interaction between life and the arts that has made art more lively and life more artful with subjects ranging from antiquity to modern times.
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  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Published: 03 May 1999
  • Format: Hardback 306 pages
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  • Categories: Art History: Ancient & Classical BCE to c 500 CE | Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Cultural Studies | Social & Cultural Anthropology | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
  • ISBN 13: 9780520210295 ISBN 10: 0520210298

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• Plato and Aristotle both believed that the arts were mimetic creations of the human mind that had the power to influence society. In this they were representative of a widespread consensus in ancient culture. Cultural and political impulses informed the fine arts, and these in turn shaped--and were often intended to shape--the living world. The contributors to this volume, all of whom have been encouraged and inspired by the work of Peter Green, document the interaction between life and the arts that has made art more lively and life more artful in sixteen essays with subjects ranging from antiquity to modern times. With topics ranging from Antigone to D. H. Lawrence and Norman Douglas, and from Bactrian coins to Livy's characterization of women, the scope, the zest, and the scholarship of these essays will illuminate new avenues in our understanding of the relationship between classics and culture, and in our appreciation of both the artistic products that have come down to us and the varieties of life from which they spring.