The parallel worlds of classical art and text / Jocelyn Penny Small.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: xv, 253 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

0521815223
9780521815222

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753.709 21 SMA

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Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Arts & Sports	Non-fiction	753.709 SMA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		34333

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-240) and index.

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.

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