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Arts and reality – The visual world of Greek Antiquity
Authors: Mikrakis, Manolis
Subject: LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY > ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > ARTS > ART STYLES > ANCIENT ART
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > RELIGION AND THEOLOGY > WORLD RELIGIONS > ANCIENT RELIGIONS > CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > SPECIALIZED HISTORIES > HISTORY OF ART
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > PHILOSOPHY > PHILOSOPHICAL DISCIPLINES (EXCEPT ETHICS) > AESTHETICS > PHILOSOPHY OF ART
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE > COMPUTER SCIENCE > HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION > MIXED, AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY > ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > PSYCHOLOGY > EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY > SENSORY PERCEPTION > VISUAL PERCEPTION
Keywords:
Antiquity
Image
Virtual Reality
Anthropology of Images
Sociology of Images
Ancient Greek Art
Ancient Greek Sculpture
Ancient Greek Painting
Ancient Greek Vase-Painting
Ancient Greek Religion
Immersion
Telepresence
Immediacy
Narrativity
Prehistoric Art
Classical Art
Worldmaking
Classicism
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Abstract:
In the postmodern era, it is increasingly difficult to dispute the notion that the images overwhelming us in everyday life do not merely represent reality but actively shape it, constituting, in fact, its primary construction material. The central aim of this book is to demonstrate that images did not acquire this ontological significance solely through the media and digital revolution of postmodernity but have always been an integral component of reality. Thus, it becomes possible to craft a history of images that transcends the mere tracing of stylistic and aesthetic developments, delving deeper into understanding the visions that each distinct cultural environment created about the world and human’s place within it. Following a discussion of selected philosophical, anthropological, semiotic, and other approaches to the worldmaking power of images, the book focuses on the historical case of Greek Antiquity. Every world, in order to possess the authority of reality and offer normative ideals to a human community, must establish comprehensive and holistic constructs of space, time, humanity, the Other, and so forth. The universe of images produced during the first pre-Christian millennium in Greece and the broader sphere of its cultural influence fulfilled this role with remarkable efficacy. So much so that, through multiple Roman, Christian, and modern appropriations and transformations, it continues to exert significant influence on the ways we envision the world and ourselves today. By studying the mechanisms of the emergence and operation of the visual world of ancient Greece, we can therefore achieve a deeper understanding of the multifaceted function of images in the contemporary era.
Linguistic Editors: Kalliaras, Dimitrios
Graphic Editors: Kentrotis, Christos
Type: Monograph
Creation Date: 16-01-2025
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-314-1
License: Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1064
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/14374
Bibliographic Reference: Mikrakis, M. (2025). Arts and reality – The visual world of Greek Antiquity [Monograph]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1064
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Introduction: A world made of images
2. The reality as an experience
3. The workshop of the real
4. The visual world of Antiquity today
5. Art and aesthetics in Greek antiquity
6. Prehistory
7. The origins of images and monumentality
8. The lifeworld of the arts: Religion, death, and politics
9. Arts in habitation, entertainment, and work
10. The turn to becoming: Image and movement
11. Conclusions: Worlds and counter-worlds in Greek Antiquity
Number of pages 312
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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