Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought

by Deborah Tarn Steiner

Book Overview

In archaic and classical Greece, statues played a constant role in people's religious, political, economic, aesthetic, and mental lives. Evidence of many kinds demonstrates that ancient Greeks thought about--and interacted with--statues in ways very different from our own. This book recovers ancient thinking about statues by approaching them through contemporary literary sources. It not only shows that ancient viewers conceived of images as more operative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691044317
• ISBN13: 9780691044316
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"