The Iliad in a Nutshell

Visualizing Epic on the Tabulae Iliacae
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-960244-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 198 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1406 g

The Iliad in a Nutshell has two objectives: first, it advances a new critical interpretation of the miniature Iliac tablets, or Tabulae Iliacae; second, it signals their relevance within much bigger issues facing the study of Graeco-Roman art and literature in the twenty-first century. By re-assessing the visual and verbal aesthetics of the miniature, Michael Squire shows how a group of early Imperial Roman objects relate to grander discourses about size, ecphrasis, and representation. The conclusions will be of critical importance not only to students of Graeco-Roman literary and visual culture, but to anyone interested in the cultural history of scale, replication, and visual-verbal relations. The volume is generously illustrated, in both black and white and colour.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Squire, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Klassische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Klassisch (Griechisch & Römisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Opening sesame: the book in a nutshell

- 2: Putting the pieces together

- 3: Mastering Theodorean techne

- 4: Choosing your own adventure

- 5: Turning the tables

- 6: The art and poetics of scale

- 7: Ecphrastic circles

- 8: Taking the tablets