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000771773 1001_ $$aKonstan, David,$$eauthor.
000771773 24510 $$aBeauty :$$bthe fortunes of an ancient Greek idea /$$cDavid Konstan.
000771773 264_1 $$aOxford ;$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c[2014]
000771773 300__ $$axiii, 262 pages  :$$billustrations ;$$c22 cm.
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000771773 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
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000771773 4900_ $$aOnassis series in Hellenic culture
000771773 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-252) and index.
000771773 5050_ $$aThe problem with beauty -- Beauty in Greek -- The nature of beauty -- Beauty transfigured -- Beauty across cultures : Israel and Rome -- Greek beauty today.
000771773 520__ $$a"Beauty offers an elegant investigation of ancient Greek notions of beauty and, in the process, sheds light on how we ought to appreciate the artistic achievements of the classical world. The book opens by reexamining the commonly held notion that the ancient Greeks possessed no term that can be unambiguously defined as "beauty" or "beautiful." Author David Konstan discusses a number of Greek approximations before positioning the heretofore unexamined term kállos as the key to bridging the gap between beauty and desire, and tracing its evolution as applied to physical beauty, art, literature, and more. The book then examines corresponding terms in Biblical Hebrew and ancient Latin literature to highlight the survival of Greek ideas in the Latin West. The final chapter compares the ancient Greek conception of beauty with modern notions of beauty and aesthetics. In particular, it focuses on the reception of classical Greek art in the Renaissance and how Vasari and his contemporaries borrowed from Plato the sense that the beauty in art was transcendental, but left out the erotic dimension of viewing. Even if Greece was the inspiration for modern aesthetic ideals, this study illustrates how the Greek view of the relationship between beauty and desire was surprisingly consistent-and different from our own. This fascinating and magisterial exploration makes it possible to identify how the Greeks thought of beauty, what it was that attracted them, and what their perceptions can still tell us about art, love, desire-and beauty." -- Publisher's description.
000771773 650_0 $$aAesthetics, Ancient.
000771773 650_0 $$aAesthetics.
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