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Aniconism and the Notion of the “Primitive” in Greek Antiquity by Milette Gaifman is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Aniconism and the Notion of the “Primitive” in Greek Antiquity about?
<p>the Polytheistic Religious Systems Of Ancient Greece And Rome Reveal An Imaginative Attitude Towards The Construction Of The Divine. One Of The Most Important Instruments In This Process Was Certainly The Visualisation. Images Of The Gods Transformed The Divine World Into A Visually Experienceable Entity, Comprehensible Even Without A Theoretical Or Theological Superstructure. For The Illiterates, Images Were Together With Oral Traditions And Rituals The Only Possibility To Approach The Idea Of The Divine; For The Intellectuals, Images Of The Gods Could Be Allegorically Transcended Symbols To Reflect Upon. Based On The Art Historical And Textual Evidence, This Volume Offers A Fresh View On The Historical, Literary, And Artistic Significance Of Divine Images As Powerful Visual Media Of Religious And Intellectual Communication.</p>
Who reads Aniconism and the Notion of the “Primitive” in Greek Antiquity?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Milette Gaifman
- Publisher
- Brill ; Extenza Turpin [distributor
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789004179301
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Religion