1st Edition
Pliny the Elder and the Matter of Memory An Encyclopaedic Workshop
By Anna Anguissola
Copyright 2022
154 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
154 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
154 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The Roman official and intellectual Pliny the Elder’s Natural History constitutes our primary source on the figural arts in Classical antiquity. Since the Middle Ages, Pliny’s encyclopaedia has enraptured the imaginations of its readers with anecdotes and narratives about the lives and accomplishments of the great artists of the Greek past. This book explores the ways in which materials and... Read more
Introduction
Part I. The Nature of Art
1. Art and Material
2. Art and Ethics
3. Art and Language
Part II. The Process of Art
4. Discovering Art
5. Making Art
6. Looking at Art
Conclusion
Biography
Anna Anguissola teaches Classical Archaeology at the University of Pisa, Italy. Her research focuses on urban development, the relationship between Greek and Roman art, the history and techniques of ancient sculpture, and the Greek and Latin literary sources on the figural arts. She coordinates the University of Pisa’s field research at Pompeii and at Hierapolis in Phrygia.
"[Anguissola] is to be commended first of all for having pared down a potentially vast scholarly endeavour into this little gem of a book... The text reads like a kind of thematic commentary to A.’s judicious selection of themes from Pliny; she includes supplementary references to other ancient texts on occasion, but the focus remains firmly on Pliny’s own words." - The Classical Review
