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Image and Text in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
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The authors reviewed the limits of painting and poetry in the Graeco-Roman world and discussed the art of nature and the nature of art: visual-verbal interactions in the consumption of Roman'still-life' paintings Envoi: the bigger picture.Abstract:
Preface: kicking the habit? Part I: 1. Words and pictures in a post-Lutheran age 2. Towards an older Laocoon? Reviewing the 'limits' of painting and poetry in the Graeco-Roman world Part II: 3. Materialising ecphrasis: image and word in the Sperlonga Grotto 4. Speaking for pictures? Images, texts and modes of visual-verbal response in the 'House of Propertius' at Assisi Part III: 5. Cyclopian iconotexts: the adventures of Polyphemus in image and text 6. The art of nature and the nature of art: visual-verbal interactions in the consumption of Roman 'still-life' paintings Envoi: the bigger picture.read more
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