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Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome: Between Art and Social Reality

By Tonio Holscher

Book information

Publisher
Univ of california press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780520967885, 0520967887
Google Books ID
nYxaDwAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6740759 bytes)
Pages
426\418
Time added
2020-10-07 07:40:48

Description

Visual culture was an essential part of ancient social, religious, and political life. Appearance and experience of beings and things was of paramount importance. In Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome, Tonio Hölscher explores the fundamental phenomena of Greek and Roman visual culture and their enormous impact on the ancient world, considering memory over time, personal appearance, conceptualization and representation of reality, and significant decoration as fundamental categories of art as well as of social practice. With an emphasis on public spaces such as sanctuaries, agora and forum, Hölscher investigates the ways in which these spaces were used, viewed, and experienced in religious rituals, political manifestations, and social interaction.

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