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The Animated Image

Roman Theory on Naturalism, Vividness and Divine Power

Stijn Bussels (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2012
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-05-005949-5 (ISBN)

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Many Romans wrote about the belief that an image - a sculpture or painting, as well as a verbal description or a personage on stage - is not a representation, but the image’s prototype or that an image had particular aspects of life. A first group of authors explained these believes as incorrect observation or wrong mental processing by the beholder. Other authors pointed at the excellent craftsmanship of the maker of the image. A third group looked at the supernatural involvement of its prototype, often a god. Together these discourses on the animation of images bring us to what intellectuals from all over the Roman empire saw as reprehensible or acceptable in beholding images as works of art or as cult images. Moreover, these discourses touch upon ontological and epistemological problems. The barrier between life and death was explored and also the conditions to obtain knowledge from observation.

Many Romans wrote about the belief that an image - a sculpture or painting, as well as a verbal description or a personage on stage - is not a representation, but the image's prototype or that an image had particular aspects of life. A first group of authors explained these believes as incorrect observation or wrong mental processing by the beholder. Other authors pointed at the excellent craftsmanship of the maker of the image. A third group looked at the supernatural involvement of its prototype, often a god. Together these discourses on the animation of images bring us to what intellectuals from all over the Roman empire saw as reprehensible or acceptable in beholding images as works of art or as cult images. Moreover, these discourses touch upon ontological and epistemological problems. The barrier between life and death was explored and also the conditions to obtain knowledge from observation.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.12.2012
Reihe/Serie	Studien aus dem Warburg-Haus ; 11
Zusatzinfo	13 b/w and 3 col. ill.
Verlagsort	Basel/Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	685 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Schlagworte	Aesthetics • Aesthetics, Roman • Animation von Bildern • ART • Art, Roman • Arts, general • Bildnisplastik • für • History • kratz • Kunst • Kunstbetrachtung • Kunstgeschichte • Naturalism • Naturalismus • Plastik • Republik • Rezeptionsästhetik • Roman • Römisches Reich • Römisches Reich • Scul • sculpture • Sculpture, Roman • Sculpture, Technique • technique • verlebendigung
ISBN-10	3-05-005949-4 / 3050059494
ISBN-13	978-3-05-005949-5 / 9783050059495
Zustand	Neuware