Centaurs in Ancient Art
Author : Paul Victor Christopher Baur
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 19,96 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Art
ISBN :
Centaurs in Ancient Art
Author : Paul Victor Christopher Baur
Publisher :
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,33 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Art
ISBN :
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The Centaur's Smile
Author : J. Michael Padgett
Publisher : Other Distribution
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 31,78 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780300101638
Book Description
Human animals - centaurs, satyrs, sphinxes, sirens and Gorgons - as well as other composite beings like Pan, Triton, Acheloos, and the Minotaur, are extremely common in Greek myth, literature, theater, and the visual arts. Understanding the phenomenon of combining human and animal elements into composite creatures is central to our knowledge of the Greek imagination. This book discusses the oriental antecedents of these fantastic creatures, examining the influence of Egyptian and Near Eastern models on the formation of Greek monsters in the Geometric and Archaic periods. Fully illustrated essays explore the nature and origin of horse men (centuars and satyrs) and the broader range of Greek composite creatures, discussing their evolving forms and changing roles during this seminal period of Greek art.
Centaurs in Ancient Art; the Archaic Period
Author : Paul Victor Christopher 1872- Baur
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 30,48 MB
Release : 2021-09-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781015054363
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Centaur
Author : John Updike
Publisher : Random House
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 16,14 MB
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 067964587X
Book Description
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ÉTRANGER The Centaur is a modern retelling of the legend of Chiron, the noblest and wisest of the centaurs, who, painfully wounded yet unable to die, gave up his immortality on behalf of Prometheus. In the retelling, Olympus becomes small-town Olinger High School; Chiron is George Caldwell, a science teacher there; and Prometheus is Caldwell’s fifteen-year-old son, Peter. Brilliantly conflating the author’s remembered past with tales from Greek mythology, John Updike translates Chiron’s agonized search for relief into the incidents and accidents of three winter days spent in rural Pennsylvania in 1947. The result, said the judges of the National Book Award, is “a courageous and brilliant account of a conflict in gifts between an inarticulate American father and his highly articulate son.”
Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?
Author : Paul Veyne
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 22,52 MB
Release : 1988-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226854342
Book Description
An examination of Greek mythology and a discussion about how religion and truth have evolved throughout time.
Handbook of the Classical Collection
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,81 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Art, Classical
ISBN :
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Classical Greece and the Birth of Western Art
Author : Andrew Stewart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,96 MB
Release : 2008-10-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521853214
Book Description
Addresses the 'Classical Revolution' in Greek art, its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact.
Centaurs and Amazons
Author : Page DuBois
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 13,46 MB
Release : 1991-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472081530
Book Description
DIVTraces the development of the Greek hierarchical view of life that continues to permeate Western society /div
Art of the Western World
Author : Bruce Cole
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,12 MB
Release : 1991-12-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 0671747282
Book Description
With fresh insight into what the great works meant when they were created and why they appeal to us now, here is a vivid tour of painting, sculpture, and architecture, past and present. "Illuminating . . . a notable accomplishment".--The New York Times. Illustrated.
