Not the Classical Ideal

Athens and the Construction of the Other in Greek Art

Bibliographic Data

ID3939164
AuthorsGerald P Schaus (corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume56
Issue3/4
Pages383
Publication date2002-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Review ofNot the Classical Ideal: Athens and the Construction of the Other in Greek Art, Beth Cohen, 2000
VenuePhoenix (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1192617
OpenAlexW2012033158
LanguageEN

A vision of reality in which a pre-eminent human type was defined in opposition to non-ideal others characterized Ancient Greece. In democratic Athens the social structure privileged male citizens, and women, resident aliens, and slaves were marginalized. The Persian Wars polarized the opposition of Greeks and Barbarians. This anthology provides an investigation into the delineation of otherness across a broad spectrum of the imagery of Greek art. An international cast of authors, with methodologies ranging from traditional to avant-garde, examine manifestations of the other in late archaic and classical Greece. The 17 chapters develop a nuanced picture of the visual criteria that denoted otherness in regard to gender, class and ethnicity and also reveal the social and political functions of this remarkable Greek imagery

Ancient Greek · Art · Epistemology · Greek art · Ideal (ethics · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Mathematics · Philosophy

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