Beauty: the fortunes of an ancient Greek idea

This study has two aims. The first is to determine how the ancient Greeks conceived of beauty - a matter that is not uncontroversial, since some scholars have denied that there existed an autonomous concept of beauty in classical Greece. The second is to identify problems that have beset modern aest...

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Main Author: Konstan, David 1940-2024 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2014
Series:Onassis series in Hellenic culture
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:This study has two aims. The first is to determine how the ancient Greeks conceived of beauty - a matter that is not uncontroversial, since some scholars have denied that there existed an autonomous concept of beauty in classical Greece. The second is to identify problems that have beset modern aesthetics, such as whether a work of art can be beautiful if its subject matter is not, and to indicate why these difficulties did not pose a problem for the ancient idea of beauty
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780190205508
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199927265.001.0001

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