The parallel worlds of classical art and text /
Small, Jocelyn Penny, 1945-
The parallel worlds of classical art and text / Jocelyn Penny Small. - Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - xv, 253 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-240) and index.
1. What does it mean to illustrate a text? 2. The evidence from Archaic and Early Classical Greek art 3. The evidence for Greek plays 4. The evidence from Hellenistic and Roman art 5. Illustrated text from antiquity 6. There is no original
The Parallel Worlds of Classical Art and Text considers the relationship between artists and texts throughout classical antiquity. Systematically applying new and objective criteria judging the fidelity between picture and text, she argues artists illustrated stories, not texts, and that artistic transmissions follow the model of oral, not textual, transmission.
0521815223 9780521815222
Classical literature
Classical literature
Art and literature
Art and literature--Illustrations.--History and criticism.--Greece.--Rome.
753.709 / SMA
The parallel worlds of classical art and text / Jocelyn Penny Small. - Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - xv, 253 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-240) and index.
1. What does it mean to illustrate a text? 2. The evidence from Archaic and Early Classical Greek art 3. The evidence for Greek plays 4. The evidence from Hellenistic and Roman art 5. Illustrated text from antiquity 6. There is no original
The Parallel Worlds of Classical Art and Text considers the relationship between artists and texts throughout classical antiquity. Systematically applying new and objective criteria judging the fidelity between picture and text, she argues artists illustrated stories, not texts, and that artistic transmissions follow the model of oral, not textual, transmission.
0521815223 9780521815222
Classical literature
Classical literature
Art and literature
Art and literature--Illustrations.--History and criticism.--Greece.--Rome.
753.709 / SMA