Antiquity Matters

Author : Frederic Raphael
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300215373

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Antiquity Matters by Frederic Raphael Pdf

A sharp, often surprising, view of the classical world by a major classics scholar at Cambridge and author of The Glittering Prizes This book is the culmination of more than sixty years of a writing life during which Frederic Raphael has returned again and again to the literature and landscape of the ancient world. In his new book, Raphael deploys his renowned wit and erudition to give us a vivid mosaic of the complexities and contradictions underlying Western civilization and its continuing influence upon contemporary society. Tackling a broad range of topics, from the presumed superiority of democracy to the momentum behind today's gay rights movement, Raphael's often daringly heterodox view of the Greek and Roman world will provoke, surprise, and, at the same time, entertain readers. He shows how the interplay of fiction and reality, rhetorical aspiration and practical cunning, are threaded through modern culture.

Author : Frederic Raphael
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300231748

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Antiquity Matters by Frederic Raphael Pdf

A sharp, often surprising, view of the classical world by a major classics scholar at Cambridge and author of The Glittering Prizes This book is the culmination of more than sixty years of a writing life during which Frederic Raphael has returned again and again to the literature and landscape of the ancient world. In his new book, Raphael deploys his renowned wit and erudition to give us a vivid mosaic of the complexities and contradictions underlying Western civilization and its continuing influence upon contemporary society. Tackling a broad range of topics, from the presumed superiority of democracy to the momentum behind today's gay rights movement, Raphael's often daringly heterodox view of the Greek and Roman world will provoke, surprise, and, at the same time, entertain readers. He shows how the interplay of fiction and reality, rhetorical aspiration and practical cunning, are threaded through modern culture.

Author : Irene Berti,Katharina Bolle,Fanny Opdenhoff,Fabian Stroth
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783110533361

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Writing Matters by Irene Berti,Katharina Bolle,Fanny Opdenhoff,Fabian Stroth Pdf

This edited volume includes a compilation of new approaches to the investigation of inscriptions from different cultural contexts. Innovative research questions about "material text cultures" are examined with reference to Classical Athens, late ancient and Byzantine churches and urban spaces, Hellenistic and Roman cities, and medieval buildings.

Author : Toni Hurley,Philippa Medcalf,Jan Rolph
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Egypt
ISBN : 0195536916

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Antiquity 2 by Toni Hurley,Philippa Medcalf,Jan Rolph Pdf

Author : Richard Sorabji
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UCAL:B4128885

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Matter, Space, and Motion by Richard Sorabji Pdf

The nature of matter was as intriguing a question for ancient philosophers as it is for contemporary physicists, and Matter, Space, and Motion presents a fresh and illuminating account of the rich legacy of the physical theories of the Greeks from the fifth century B.C. to the late sixth century A.D.

Author : James Cuno
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781400839247

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Who Owns Antiquity? by James Cuno Pdf

Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found is one of the most urgent and controversial issues in the art world today, and it has pitted museums, private collectors, and dealers against source countries, archaeologists, and academics. Maintaining that the acquisition of undocumented antiquities by museums encourages the looting of archaeological sites, countries such as Italy, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, and China have claimed ancient artifacts as state property, called for their return from museums around the world, and passed laws against their future export. But in Who Owns Antiquity?, one of the world's leading museum directors vigorously challenges this nationalistic position, arguing that it is damaging and often disingenuous. "Antiquities," James Cuno argues, "are the cultural property of all humankind," "evidence of the world's ancient past and not that of a particular modern nation. They comprise antiquity, and antiquity knows no borders." Cuno argues that nationalistic retention and reclamation policies impede common access to this common heritage and encourage a dubious and dangerous politicization of antiquities--and of culture itself. Antiquities need to be protected from looting but also from nationalistic identity politics. To do this, Cuno calls for measures to broaden rather than restrict international access to antiquities. He advocates restoration of the system under which source countries would share newly discovered artifacts in exchange for archaeological help, and he argues that museums should again be allowed reasonable ways to acquire undocumented antiquities. Cuno explains how partage broadened access to our ancient heritage and helped create national museums in Cairo, Baghdad, and Kabul. The first extended defense of the side of museums in the struggle over antiquities, Who Owns Antiquity? is sure to be as important as it is controversial. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

Author : Kamil Boldan,Bořek Neškudla,Petr Voit
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Printing
ISBN : 2503551793

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The Reception of Antiquity in Bohemian Book Culture from the Beginning of Printing Until 1547 by Kamil Boldan,Bořek Neškudla,Petr Voit Pdf

This volume presents the historical development and important personalities of the time of transition from manuscript book culture to book printing in the years 1450-1550. The first part of the volume contains a thorough description of historical, social and technical background influencing the development of book printing in Bohemia and Moravia and the impact of book printing production on the contemporary Czech society. The authors described the specific historical conditions in the Kingdom of Bohemia after the pre-reformation Hussite movement. The newly emerged Utraquist confession spread in important parts of Bohemia which led to decrease of social and economic contacts between the Kingdom of Bohemia and Catholic states in Europe. Apart from that the decreased activity of Prague University had negative impact on literacy in Bohemia. These two main reasons were detrimental to the development of book printing in Bohemia. The low quality of first prints was not attractive for educated readers who rather chose better equipped foreign books, mainly in Latin. Book printing in Bohemia soon became a matter of closed Czech speaking public. One of the important consequences of this process was weak reception of humanism and classical antiquity in Czech culture, although the former was partly embraced in Bohemia in previous centuries anyway. The second part of the book presents the first printers and editors of printed books before 1550 with a summary of their publishing activities.

Author : Johanna Hanink
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674978300

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The Classical Debt by Johanna Hanink Pdf

“Greek debt” means one thing to the country’s creditors. But for millions who prize culture over capital, it means the symbolic debt we owe Greece for democracy, philosophy, mathematics, and fine art. Johanna Hanink shows that our idealized image of ancient Greece dangerously shapes our view of the country’s economic hardship and refugee crisis.

Author : Marco Beretta
Publisher : Olschki
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015060080440

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When Glass Matters by Marco Beretta Pdf

Author : Deborah Deliyannis,Hendrik Dey,Paolo Squatriti
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501730283

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Fifty Early Medieval Things by Deborah Deliyannis,Hendrik Dey,Paolo Squatriti Pdf

Fifty Early Medieval Things introduces readers to the material culture of late antique and early medieval Europe, north Africa, and western Asia. Ranging from Iran to Ireland and from Sweden to Tunisia, Deborah Deliyannis, Hendrik Dey, and Paolo Squatriti present fifty objects—artifacts, structures, and archaeological features—created between the fourth and eleventh centuries, an ostensibly "Dark Age" whose cultural richness and complexity is often underappreciated. Each thing introduces important themes in the social, political, cultural, religious, and economic history of the postclassical era. Some of the things, like a simple ard (plow) unearthed in Germany, illustrate changing cultural and technological horizons in the immediate aftermath of Rome's collapse; others, like the Arabic coin found in a Viking burial mound, indicate the interconnectedness of cultures in this period. Objects such as the Book of Kells and the palace-city of Anjar in present-day Jordan represent significant artistic and cultural achievements; more quotidian items (a bone comb, an oil lamp, a handful of chestnuts) belong to the material culture of everyday life. In their thing-by-thing descriptions, the authors connect each object to both specific local conditions and to the broader influences that shaped the first millennium AD, and also explore their use in modern scholarly interpretations, with suggestions for further reading. Lavishly illustrated and engagingly written, Fifty Early Medieval Things demonstrates how to read objects in ways that make the distant past understandable and approachable.

Author : Robin Waterfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Civilization, Ancient
ISBN : 9780198727880

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Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens by Robin Waterfield Pdf

A fascinating, accessible, and up-to-date history of the Ancient Greeks. Covering the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, and centred around the disunity of the Greeks, their underlying cultural unity, and their eventual political unification.

Author : Dorine Emery
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781638678434

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Antiquity's Covered Bridge by Dorine Emery Pdf

Antiquity's Covered Bridge By: Dorine Emery Dorine Emery is an avid photographer of covered bridges. She began in her local area in New Jersey but knew the LC Beavens bridge in New Milford, Pennsylvania, was a must-see. It was Emery’s fascination with the mountain that rises to the east of Mylert Creek and the bridge she knew was there that led her to Antiquity’s Covered Bridge. History and imagination are woven like the ivy vines on a latticed bridge, facts and fiction which Emery has found on and around the Nevermore area of New Milford. Fiction based on facts, then enhanced by pseudo possibilities might describe mystery within. Not without humor—it is Nevermore who owns Antiquity’s bridge, nor without tragedy—that of Janie’s sorrow over her dear Andrew and their baby, Cheri, Antiquity’s Covered Bridge is a story to be pondered at a moderate pace.

Author : Kevin M. McGeough
Publisher : Discourses in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures
ISBN : 1781799814

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Representations of Antiquity in Film by Kevin M. McGeough Pdf

An introduction to how the ancient world is represented in film, especially in Hollywood cinema, and considers the potential that movies have to help us think about antiquity and their relationship with traditional academic historical work.

Author : Douglas Boin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119076810

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A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity by Douglas Boin Pdf

2019 PROSE Award finalist in the Classics category! A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity examines the social and cultural landscape of the Late Antique Mediterranean. The text offers a picture of everyday life as it was lived in the spaces around and between two of the most memorable and towering figures of the time—Constantine and Muhammad. The author captures the period using a wide-lens, including Persian material from the mid third century through Umayyad material of the mid eighth century C.E. The book offers a rich picture of Late Antique life that is not just focused on Rome, Constantinople, or Christianity. This important resource uses nuanced terms to talk about complex issues and fills a gap in the literature by surveying major themes such as power, gender, community, cities, politics, law, art and architecture, and literary culture. The book is richly illustrated and filled with maps, lists of rulers and key events. A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity is an essential guide that: Paints a rich picture of daily life in Late Antique that is not simply centered on Rome, Constantinople, or Christianity Balances a thematic approach with rigorous attention to chronology Stresses the need for appreciating both sources and methods in the study of Late Antique history Offers a sophisticated model for investigating daily life and the complexities of individual and group identity in the rapidly changing Mediterranean world Includes useful maps, city plans, timelines, and suggestions for further reading A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity offers an examination of everyday life in the era when adherents of three of the major religions of today—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—faced each other for the first time in the same environment. Learn more about A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity’s link to current social issues in Boin’s article for the History News Network.

Author : John C. Barrett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000347579

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Archaeology and its Discontents by John C. Barrett Pdf

Archaeology and its Discontents examines the state of archaeology today and its development throughout the twentieth century, making a powerful case for new approaches. Surveying the themes of twentieth-century archaeological theory, Barrett looks at their successes, limitations, and failures. Seeing more failures and limitations than successes, he argues that archaeology has over-focused on explaining the human construction of material variability and should instead be more concerned with understanding how human diversity has been constructed. Archaeology matters, he argues, precisely because of the insights it can offer into the development of human diversity. The analysis and argument are illustrated throughout by reference to the development of the European Neolithic. Arguing both for new approaches and for the importance of archaeology as a discipline, Archaeology and its Discontents is for archaeologists at all levels, from student to professor and trainee to experienced practitioner.