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Hellenomania (british School At Athens - Modern Greek And Byzantine Studies) by Katherine Harloe (editor), Nicoletta Momigliano (editor), Alexandre Farnoux (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Hellenomania , the second volume in the MANIA series, presents a wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary exploration of the modern reception of ancient Greek material culture in cultural practices ranging from literature to architecture, stage and costume design, painting, sculpture, cinema, and the performing arts. It examines both canonical and less familiar responses to both real and imagined Greek antiquities from the seventeenth century to the present, across various national contexts. Encompassing examples from Inigo Jones to the contemporary art exhibition documenta 14, and from Thessaloniki and Delphi to Nashville, the contributions examine attempted reconstructions of an ‘authentic’ ancient Greece alongside imaginative and utopian efforts to revive the Greek spirit using modern technologies, new media, and experimental practices of the body. Also explored are the political resonances of Hellenomaniac fascinations, and tensions within them between the ideal and the real, the past, present, and future. Part I examines the sources and derivations of Hellenomania from the Baroque and pre-Romantic periods to the early twentieth century. While covering more canonical material than the
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- Author
- Katherine Harloe (editor), Nicoletta Momigliano (editor), Alexandre Farnoux (editor)
- Publisher
- Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781315277370
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
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