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UNINA9910463772603321 |
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Bussels Stijn |
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The animated image : Roman theory on naturalism, vividness and divine power / / Stijn Bussels |
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Berlin : , : Akademie Verlag, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studien Aus Dem Warburg-Haus ; ; Band 11 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sculpture, Roman |
Art, Roman |
Naturalism |
Sculpture - Technique |
Aesthetics, Roman |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Naturalism and Animation: Pliny's Anecdotes on Art -- Enargeia as Epistemological Requirement and Rhetorical Virtue: Quintilian on Vividness -- Creation and Impact of Art, Literature and speech: Callistratus' on the statue of a Bacchante -- Life and Animation in Dance, Theatre and Spectacle: Lucian's the Dance -- Cult statues at the Boundaries of Humanity: Plutarch on Supernatural Animation -- Epilogue: Erotic Reactions to Praxiteles' Cnidian Aphrodite -- Back Matter |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Many Romans wrote about the belief that an image - a sculpture or painting, as well as a verbal description or a personage on stage - is not a representation, but the image's prototype or that an image had particular aspects of life. A first group of authors explained these believes as incorrect observation or wrong mental processing by the beholder. Other authors pointed at the excellent craftsmanship of the maker of the image. A third group looked at the supernatural involvement of its prototype, often a god. Together these discourses on the animation of images bring us to what intellectuals from all over the |
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