Author : Chi, Jennifer Y., and Pedro Azara, eds.
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 11,2 MB
Release : 2015-03-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 0691166463
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, New York, February 12-June 7, 2015.
Author : Stephen G. Hyslop
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 38,43 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1426206526
History comes alive in this engaging and lavishly illustrated chronicle, which spans world events and people from ancient times to the 21st century. The voices of the great and humble speak to us through songs, documents, edicts, poetry, letters, menus, and even graffiti, revealing each era's conflicts, daily life, arts, science, religion, and enduring influence. Interactive design focuses on the tangible artifacts of history, and magnificent illustrations--including period art, archival photographs, and expertly rendered scenes of long-ago events--bring vivid immediacy and eye appeal to every colorful spread. With its unique emphasis on voices from the past, its competitive price point, and its inviting, innovative design, Eyewitness to History is poised to be THE pick for value-minded customers looking for an absorbing take on world history.
Author : Arnaldo Momigliano
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 28,40 MB
Release : 2012-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0226533859
"Originally published 1977 by Basil Blackwell Oxford in Great Britain and by Wesleyan University Press in the United States."
Author : Natalie Haynes
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 35,86 MB
Release : 2010-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 184765293X
It's time for us to re-examine the past. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This is a book with a serious point to make but the author isn't simply a classicist but a comedian and broadcaster who has made television and radio documentaries about humour, education and Dorothy Parker. This is a book for us all. Whether political, cultural or social, there are endless parallels between the ancient and modern worlds. Whether it's the murder of Caesar or the political assassination of Thatcher; the narrative arc of the hit HBO series The Wire or that of Oedipus; the popular enthusiasm for the Emperor Titus or President Obama - over and over again we can be seen to be living very much like people did 2,000 or more years ago.
Author : Ramsay MacMullen
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 23,73 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : Stephen Muecke
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 24,61 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780868407869
How might we think and talk about indigenous philosophy? Why has Aboriginal knowledge not been given the status of philosophical knowledge? There's a quarrel about whose antiquity is at the foundation of Australian culture, and why contemporary forms of Aboriginality are marginal to Australia's modernity.
Author : Fernando Báez
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 30,59 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN :
Examines the many reasons and motivations for the destruction of books throughout history, citing specific acts from the smashing of ancient Sumerian tablets to the looting of libraries in post-war Iraq.
Author : M. I. Finley
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 46,89 MB
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1978802323
Leaders and followers -- Athenian demagogues -- Democracy, consensus and the national interest -- Socrates and after -- Censorship in classical antiquity.
Author : Wilfried Nippel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 29,13 MB
Release : 2016-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1316565114
Ancient and Modern Democracy is a comprehensive account of Athenian democracy as a subject of criticism, admiration and scholarly debate for 2,500 years, covering the features of Athenian democracy, its importance for the English, American and French revolutions and for the debates on democracy and political liberty from the nineteenth century to the present. Discussions were always in the context of contemporary constitutional problems. Time and again they made a connection with a long-established tradition, involving both dialogue with ancient sources and with earlier phases of the reception of Antiquity. They refer either to a common cultural legacy or to specific national traditions; they often involve a mixture of political and scholarly arguments. This book elucidates the complexity of considering and constructing systems of popular self-rule.
Author : Jorge Tomás García
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,29 MB
Release : 2022-04-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 1000574210
The book examines the process of symbolic and material alteration of religious images in antiquity, the middle ages and the modern period. The process by which the form and meaning of images are modified and adapted for a new context is defined by a large number of spiritual, religious, artistic, geographical or historical circumstances. This book provides a defined theoretical framework for these symbolic and material alterations based on the concept of iconotropy; that is, the way in which images change and/or alter their meaning. Iconotropy is a key concept in religious history, particularly for periods in which religious changes, often turbulent, took place. In addition, the iconotropic process of appropriating cult images brought with it changes in the materiality of those images. Numerous accounts from antiquity, the middle ages and the modern period detail how cult images were involved in such processes of misinterpretation, both symbolically and materially. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture and religious history.
