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Author : Mary Louise Hart,J. Michael Walton
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606060377
An explanation of Greek theater as seen through its many depictions in classical art
Author : J. R. Green
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134968800
In Theatre in Ancient Greek Society the author examines the social setting and function of ancient Greek theatre through the thousand years of its performance history. Instead of using written sources, which were intended only for a small, educated section of the population, he draws most of his evidence from a wide range of archaeological material - from cheap, mass-produced vases and figurines to elegant silverware produced for the dining tables of the wealthy. This is the first study examining the function and impact of the theatre in ancient Greek society by employing an archaeological approach.
Author : Alexa Piqueux,Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Literature Alexa Piqueux
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Art, Greek
ISBN : 9780192845542
Using both textual and iconographic sources, this richly illustrated book examines the representations of the body in Greek Old and Middle Comedy, how it was staged, perceived, and imagined, particularly in Athens, Magna Graecia, and Sicily. The study also aims to refine knowledge of the various connections between Attic comedy and comic vases from South Italy and Sicily (the so-called 'phlyax vases').0After introducing comic texts and comedy-related vase-paintings in the regional contexts, The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE considers the generic features of the comic body, characterized as it is by a specific ugliness and a constant motion. It also explores how costumes -masks, padding, phallus, clothing, accessories- and gestures contribute to the characters' visual identity in relation with speech : it analyzes the cultural, social, aesthetic, and theatrical conventions by which spectators decipher the body. This study thus leads to a re-examination of the modalities of comic mimesis, in particular when addressing sexual codes in cross-dressing scenes which reveal the artifice of the fictional body. It also sheds light on how comic poets make use of the scenic or imaginary representations of the bodies of those who are targets of political, social, or intellectual satire. There is a particular emphasis on body movements, where the book not only deals with body language and the dramatic function of comic gesture, but also with how words confer a kind of poetic and unreal motion to the body.
Author : Graham Ley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780226154671
Contemporary productions on stage and film, and the development of theater studies, continue to draw new audiences to ancient Greek drama. With observations on all aspects of performance, this volume fills their need for a clear, concise account of what is known about the original conditions of such productions in the age of Pericles. Reexamining the surviving plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, Graham Ley here discusses acting technique, scenery, the power and range of the chorus, the use of theatrical space, and parody in their plays. In addition to photos of scenes from Greek vases that document theatrical performance, this new edition includes notes on ancient mime and puppetry and how to read Greek playtexts as scripts, as well as an updated bibliography. An ideal companion to The Complete Greek Tragedies, also published by the University of Chicago Press, Ley’s work is a concise and informative introduction to one of the great periods of world drama. "Anyone faced with Athenian tragedy or comedy for the first time, in or out of the classroom, would do well to start with A Short Introduction to Ancient Greek Theater."—Didaskalia
Author : Kenneth McLeish,Trevor R. Griffiths
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781408149867
A new and definitive guide to the theatre of the ancient world The Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama is a meticulously researched and accessible survey into the place and purpose of theatre in Ancient Greece. It provides a comprehensive author-by-author examination of the surviving plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, as well as giving an insight into how and where the plays were performed, who acted them out, and who watched them. It includes a fascinating discussion of the function of the essential characteristics of Greek drama, including verse, rhetoric, music, comedy, and chorus. Above all it offers a fascinating viewpoint onto the everyday values of the ancient Greeks; values with a continuing influence over the theatre of the present day.
Author : Karl Mantzius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Theater
ISBN : UOM:49015000856246
Author : David Wiles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000-05-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521648572
Specially written for students and enthusiasts, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre and cultural life.
Author : Eric Csapo,Hans Rupprecht Goette,J. Richard Green,Peter Wilson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110373684
Age-old scholarly dogma holds that the death of serious theatre went hand-in-hand with the 'death' of the city-state and that the fourth century BC ushered in an era of theatrical mediocrity offering shallow entertainment to a depoliticised citizenry. The traditional view of fourth-century culture is encouraged and sustained by the absence of dramatic texts in anything more than fragments. Until recently, little attention was paid to an enormous array of non-literary evidence attesting, not only the sustained vibrancy of theatrical culture, but a huge expansion of theatre throughout (and even beyond) the Greek world. Epigraphic, historiographic, iconographic and archaeological evidence indicates that the fourth century BC was an age of exponential growth in theatre. It saw: the construction of permanent stone theatres across and beyond the Mediterranean world; the addition of theatrical events to existing festivals; the creation of entirely new contexts for drama; and vast investment, both public and private, in all areas of what was rapidly becoming a major 'industry'. This is the first book to explore all the evidence for fourth century ancient theatre: its architecture, drama, dissemination, staging, reception, politics, social impact, finance and memorialisation.
Author : Peter Meineck
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315466569
This book examines classical Greek theatre, asking how ancient drama operated in performance and became such an influential social, cultural and political force. Meineck approaches Greek theatre from the perspective of the cognitive sciences as an embodied live enacted event, and analyses how different performative elements acted upon audiences to create absorbing narrative action, emotional intensity, intellectual reflection and empathy. This was the key to the transformative artistic and social power that enabled Greek drama to advance alternate viewpoints. He also explores what the model of Greek drama can reveal about live theatre's value in cultural, social and political discourse today.
Author : Kathryn G. Bosher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108493871
Explores the origins and development of ancient drama, especially comedy, on Sicily and its relationship to the political situation.
Author : Marianne McDonald
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-18
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780253028280
Marianne McDonald brings together her training as a scholar of classical Greek with her vast experience in theatre and drama to help students of the classics and of theatre learn about the living performance tradition of Greek tragedy. The Living Art of Greek Tragedy is indispensable for anyone interested in performing Greek drama, and McDonald's engaging descriptions offer the necessary background to all those who desire to know more about the ancient world. With a chapter on each of the three major Greek tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides), McDonald provides a balance of textual analysis, practical knowledge of the theatre, and an experienced look at the difficulties and accomplishments of theatrical performances. She shows how ancient Greek tragedy, long a part of the standard repertoire of theatre companies throughout the world, remains fresh and alive for contemporary audiences.
Author : Ian C. Storey,Arlene Allan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781118455111
This newly updated second edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC. Covers all three genres of ancient Greek drama – tragedy, comedy, and satyr-drama Surveys the extant work of Aeschylus, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, and includes entries on ‘lost’ playwrights Examines contextual issues such as the origins of dramatic art forms; the conventions of the festivals and the theater; drama’s relationship with the worship of Dionysos; political dimensions of drama; and how to read and watch Greek drama Includes single-page synopses of every surviving ancient Greek play
Author : Roy C. Flickinger
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : EAN:4066339526402
"The Greek theater and its drama" by Roy C. Flickinger. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Richard Green,Eric W. Handley
Publisher : British Museum Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art, Greek
ISBN : UOM:39015033997530
Exploring themes of ancient life and culture. Format is accessile to general readers - students emphasis on archaeological evidence.
Author : Eric Csapo,Margaret C. Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521836821
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