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Art, Science, and the Natural World in the Ancient Mediterranean, 300 BC to AD 100

Af: Joshua J. Thomas Engelsk Hardback

Art, Science, and the Natural World in the Ancient Mediterranean, 300 BC to AD 100

Af: Joshua J. Thomas Engelsk Hardback
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The Hellenistic Period witnessed striking new developments in art, literature and science. This volume addresses a particularly vibrant area of innovation: the study of animals and the natural world. While Aristotle and his followers had revolutionized fields such as zoology and botany during the fourth century BC, these disciplines took on exciting new directions during Hellenistic times. Kings imported exotic species into their royal capitals from faraway lands. Travel writers described unusual creatures that they had never previously encountered. And buyers from a range of social levels chose works of art featuring animals and plants to decorate their palaces, houses and tombs. While textual sources shed some light on these developments, the central premise of Art, Science and the Natural World in the Ancient Mediterranean is that our surviving artistic evidence permits a fuller understanding. Accordingly, the study brings together a rich body of visual material that invites new observations on how and why knowledge of the natural world became so important during this period. It is suggested that this cultural phenomenon affected many different groups in society: from kings in Alexandria and Pergamon to provincial aristocrats in the Levant, and from the Julio-Claudian imperial family to prosperous homeowners in Pompeii. By analysing the works of art produced for these individuals, a vivid picture emerges of this remarkable aspect of ancient culture.
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The Hellenistic Period witnessed striking new developments in art, literature and science. This volume addresses a particularly vibrant area of innovation: the study of animals and the natural world. While Aristotle and his followers had revolutionized fields such as zoology and botany during the fourth century BC, these disciplines took on exciting new directions during Hellenistic times. Kings imported exotic species into their royal capitals from faraway lands. Travel writers described unusual creatures that they had never previously encountered. And buyers from a range of social levels chose works of art featuring animals and plants to decorate their palaces, houses and tombs. While textual sources shed some light on these developments, the central premise of Art, Science and the Natural World in the Ancient Mediterranean is that our surviving artistic evidence permits a fuller understanding. Accordingly, the study brings together a rich body of visual material that invites new observations on how and why knowledge of the natural world became so important during this period. It is suggested that this cultural phenomenon affected many different groups in society: from kings in Alexandria and Pergamon to provincial aristocrats in the Levant, and from the Julio-Claudian imperial family to prosperous homeowners in Pompeii. By analysing the works of art produced for these individuals, a vivid picture emerges of this remarkable aspect of ancient culture.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 392
ISBN-13: 9780192844897
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 019284489X
Kategori: Ancient World
Udg. Dato: 22 dec 2021
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 253mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato: 22 dec 2021
Forfatter(e): Joshua J. Thomas
Forfatter(e) Joshua J. Thomas

Kategori Ancient World

ISBN-13 9780192844897

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 392

Udgave

Længde 32mm

Bredde 253mm

Højde 198mm

Udg. Dato 22 dec 2021

Oplagsdato 22 dec 2021

Forlag Oxford University Press