Sight and the Ancient SensesMichael Squire Routledge, 22 déc. 2015 - 336 pages It is to Greek critical thinking about seeing that we owe our conceptual framework for theorizing the senses, and it is also to such thinking that we owe the lasting legacy of Greco-Roman imagery. Sight and the Ancient Senses is the first thorough introduction to the conceptualization of sight in the history, visual culture, literature and philosophy of classical antiquity. Examining how the Greeks and Romans interpreted what they saw, the collection also considers sight in relation to the other senses. This volume brings together a number of interdisciplinary perspectives to deliver a broad and balanced coverage of this subject. Contributors explore the cultural, social and intellectual backdrops that gave rise to ancient theories of seeing, from Archaic Greece through to the advent of Christianity in late antiquity. This series of specially commissioned thematic chapters demonstrate how theories about sight informed Graeco-Roman philosophy, science, poetry rhetoric and art. The collection also reaches beyond its Graeco-Roman visual framework, showcasing how ancient ideas have influenced the longue durée of western sensory thinking. Richly illustrated throughout, including a section of color plates, Sight and the Ancient Senses is a wide-ranging introduction to ancient theories of seeing which will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of classical antiquity. |
Table des matières
Sight and The Presocratics Approaches to visual perception in early Greek | |
KELLI RUDOLPH | |
Sight and The Perspectives of Mathematics The limits of ancient optics | |
Sight and Reflexivity Theorizing vision in Greek vasepainting | |
Sight and Painting Optical theory and pictorial poetics in Classical Greek | |
Sight and Light Reified gazes and looking artefacts in the Greek cultural | |
Sight and the Gods On the desire to see naked nymphs | |
Sight and Memory The visual art of Roman mnemonics | |
Sight and Insight Theorizing vision emotion and imagination in ancient | |
Sight and Christianity Early Christian attitudes to seeing | |
Sight in Retrospective The afterlife of ancient optics | |
Bibliography | |
Sight and Death Seeing the dead through ancient eyes | |