The Parallel Worlds of Classical Art and Text - Hardcover

Small, Jocelyn Penny

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521815223 ISBN 13: 9780521815222

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Considering the relationship between artists and texts throughout classical antiquity, this study systematically applies new and objective criteria to judge the fidelity between picture and text. It becomes clear that artists illustrate stories, not texts, and Jocelyn Penny Small argues that artistic transmissions follow the model of oral, not textual, transmission where the variant rules and there is no original. Pictures on vases, she demonstrates, should not be used to reconstruct lost literary works.

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Book Description:

The Parallel Worlds of Classical Art and Text considers the relationship between artists and texts throughout classical antiquity. By systematically applying new and objective criteria to judge the fidelity between picture and text, it is becomes clear that artists illustrate stories, not texts. Jocelyn Penny Small argues that artistic transmissions follow the model of oral, not textual, transmission where the variant rules and where there is no original. Pictures on vases, she demonstrates, should not be used to reconstruct lost literary works.

About the Author:

Jocelyn Penny Small is Professor II at Rutgers University in the Department of Art History. A recipient of Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim and other fellowships, she is the author of books and articles on aspects of classical art, most recently Wax Tablets of the Mind: Cognitive Studies of Literacy and Memory in Classical Antiquity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521815223
• ISBN 13: 9780521815222
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270