The classical parthenon : Recovering the Strangeness of the Ancient World / / William St Clair
| The classical parthenon : Recovering the Strangeness of the Ancient World / / William St Clair |
| Autore | Clair William St |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, UK : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 325 pages) |
| Disciplina | 726.120809385 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Editors' Note ix -- Preface xi -- 1. Recovering the Strangeness 1 -- Studying a Strange World 5 -- Recovering Ancient Attitudes to Religion 10 -- Myths, Origin Stories and the 'Emergence from Brutishness' Narrative 17 -- Viewing Light and Time 30 -- Looking In / Looking Out: Experiments in Recovering the Strangeness 45 -- 2. 'How do we set straight our sacred city?' 69 -- A Reflection on this Experiment 163 -- 3. Looking at the Parthenon in Classical Athens 165 -- Stories Told in Stone 174 -- Making the Mute Stones Speak: The Role of the Viewer 189 -- 4. A New Answer to an Old Question 193 -- The Scene Above the East Door 205 -- Recovering the Ancient Meanings of the Ion Myth 238 -- 5. 'On the Temple dedicated to the Divine Minerva, vulgarly called the Parthenon' 253 -- A Note on the Second Experiment 284 -- 6. Heritage 287 -- Bibliography 293 -- Illustrations 313 -- Index 317. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Classical Parthenon |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774778503321 |
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| Cambridge, UK : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2022 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The classical parthenon : recovering the strangeness of the ancient world / / edited by Lucy Barnes and David St Clair ; with a preface by Paul Cartledge
| The classical parthenon : recovering the strangeness of the ancient world / / edited by Lucy Barnes and David St Clair ; with a preface by Paul Cartledge |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, England : , : Open Book Publishers, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 325 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 726.120809385 |
| Soggetto topico | Parthenon (Athens, Greece) in literature |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Editors' note / Lucy Barnes and David St Clair -- Preface / Paul Cartledge -- Recovering the Strangeness / William St Clair -- 'How do we set straight our sacred city?' / William St Clair -- Looking at the Parthenon in Classical Athens / William St Clair -- A New Answer to an Old Question / William St Clair -- 'On the Temple dedicated to the Divine Minerva, vulgarly called the Parthenon' / William St Clair -- Heritage / William St Clair -- Preface / William St Clair. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Classical Parthenon |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910591173103321 |
| Cambridge, England : , : Open Book Publishers, , [2022] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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