The Parallel Worlds of Classical Art and Text - Softcover

Small, Jocelyn Penny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521733065 ISBN 13: 9780521733069

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521733065
• ISBN 13: 9780521733069
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272