Greek and Roman Aesthetics

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ID23150462
EditorsOleg V Bychkov, Anne Sheppard (0000-0002-5395-8947)
Year2010
Publication date2010-06-24
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueGreek and Roman Aesthetics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511780325
OpenAlexW596227653
ISBN9780511780325
Open LibraryOL34476831M
LanguageEN
Citations received16

This anthology of philosophical texts by Greek and Roman authors brings together works from the late fifth century BC to the sixth century AD that comment on major aesthetic issues such as the perception of beauty and harmony in music and the visual arts, structure and style in literature, and aesthetic judgement. It includes important texts by Plato and Aristotle on the status and the role of the arts in society and in education, and Longinus' reflections on the sublime in literature, in addition to less well-known writings by Philodemus, Cicero, Seneca, Plotinus, Augustine and Proclus. Most of the texts have been newly translated for this volume, and some are available in English for the first time. A detailed introduction traces the development of classical aesthetics from its roots in Platonism and Aristotelianism to its ultimate form in late Antiquity.

Aesthetics · Aristotelianism · Art · Beauty · Cicero · Epistemology · Harmony (color) · Judgement · Literature · Paideia · Platonism · Style (visual arts) · Sublime · The arts · Visual arts · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Philosophy · Aesthetics, early works to 1800 · ancient · Ancient Aesthetics · Ancient Philosophy · Arts · Early works to 1800 · History · Music theory · Roman Aesthetics

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