Not the Classical Ideal: Athens and the Construction of the Other in Greek ArtAncient Greece is characterized by a vision of reality in which a pre-eminent human type is defined in opposition to non-ideal 'others'. The social structure of democratic Athens privileged male citizens, while marginalizing women, resident aliens, and slaves. Across a broad spectrum of classical Greek imagery, this anthology provides an investigation of this 'otherness'. Their methodologies ranging from traditional to avant-garde, an international cast of authors develops a nuanced picture of 'otherness', the visual criteria that denote it, and its social and political functions in regard to gender, class, and ethnicity. |
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Contents
BETH COHEN | 3 |
An Essay in Political History | 23 |
Satyrs and Donkeys | 43 |
viii | 44 |
Telltale Gestures in Athenian | 71 |
Inversions of the Heroic | 98 |
Ancient Portraits | 132 |
Reflections of Greek Society | 151 |
The Portrayal of Foreigners | 313 |
The Attic Vision of Phrygians | 338 |
The Allure and Repulsion of Thracians in the Art | 364 |
The Image of the Other and the Foreign Hero | 393 |
Ethnicity and | 413 |
Rhetoric and Reality | 443 |
Maps | 481 |
Bibliography | 487 |
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| Title | Not the Classical Ideal: Athens and the Construction of the Other in Greek Art Brill's Scholars' List Scolars' list |
| Editor | Beth Cohen |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | BRILL, 2000 |
| ISBN | 9004117121, 9789004117129 |
| Length | 559 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Interior Design / General Art / History / Ancient & Classical Art / History / General History / Ancient / Greece Social Science / Archaeology |
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