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Author Francis, E. D. (Eric David), 1940-1983.

Title Image and idea in fifth century Greece : art and literature after the Persian wars / E.D. Francis ; edited by Michael Vickers
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (x, 156 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Contents 1. Greek art in an historical setting -- 2. Images of glory and the art of power -- 3. Word and ceremony -- 4. 'Silent poetry' -- 5. Trophies for the gods
Summary Francis presents his theory that the ancient world was a unity in which issues of the day were reflected in the language of pictorial and sculptural representation and in the works of literature
Analysis Greek arts, ancient period
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-148) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Arts and society -- Greece
Allegories.
allegory (artistic device)
ART -- Reference.
ART -- Performance.
Allegories
Arts and society
Historia antiga -- grecia (sociedade)
Arte (grecia)
Greece
Form Electronic book
Author Vickers, Michael J.
LC no. 89049328
ISBN 0203974409
9780203974407
9781134977826
1134977824
9781134977864
1134977867
9781134977871
1134977875