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  1. Evil lords :
    theories and representations of tyranny from antiquity to the Renaissance /
    Contributor: Panou, Nikos (Publisher); Schadee, Hester (Publisher)
    Published: [2018].; © 2018.
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press,, New York, NY :

    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Zentralbibliothek
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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin; Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Contributor: Panou, Nikos (Publisher); Schadee, Hester (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 978-0-19-939485-2
    RVK Categories: NK 8200
    Subjects: Despotism; Despotie; Tyrann; Politische Theorie; Politische Philosophie; Tyrann <Motiv>; Despotie <Motiv>; Literatur; Theorie; Geschichte
    Other subjects: Griechische Geschichte im IV. Jhdt. v. Chr.; Renaissance, Rezeption; Tyrannis, Verfassungsform
    Scope: xii, 245 Seiten.
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    Includes bibliographical references

  2. Greek art and aesthetics in the fourth century B.C. /
    Published: [2018].; © 2018.
    Publisher:  Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University,, Princeton : ; Princeton University Press., Princeton ; Oxford :

    Greek Art and Aesthetics in the Fourth Century B.C. analyzes the broad character of art produced during this period, providing in-depth analysis of and commentary on many of its most notable examples of sculpture and painting. Taking into... more

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    Greek Art and Aesthetics in the Fourth Century B.C. analyzes the broad character of art produced during this period, providing in-depth analysis of and commentary on many of its most notable examples of sculpture and painting. Taking into consideration developments in style and subject matter, and elucidating political, religious, and intellectual context, William A. P. Childs argues that Greek art in this era was a natural outgrowth of the high classical period and focused on developing the rudiments of individual expression that became the hallmark of the classical in the fifth century. As Childs shows, in many respects the art of this period corresponds with the philosophical inquiry by Plato and his contemporaries into the nature of art and speaks to the contemporaneous sense of insecurity and renewed religious devotion. Delving into formal and iconographic developments in sculpture and painting, Childs examines how the sensitive, expressive quality of these works seamlessly links the classical and Hellenistic periods, with no appreciable rupture in the continuous exploration of the human condition. Another overarching theme concerns the nature of "style as a concept of expression," an issue that becomes more important given the increasingly multiple styles and functions of fourth-century Greek art. Childs also shows how the color and form of works suggested the unseen and revealed the profound character of individuals and the physical world

     

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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 978-0-691-17646-8
    RVK Categories: LG 1350
    Subjects: Kunst
    Other subjects: Ästhetik der Antike; Kunstgeschichte der Griechen; Griechische Geschichte im IV. Jhdt. v. Chr.
    Scope: xxxiii, 363 Seiten, 116 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln :, 285 Illustrationen.