The origins of aesthetic thought in ancient Greece : matter, sensation, and experience

1. Verfasser: Porter, James I., 1954-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Umfang/Format: xvii, 607 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • pt. 1. Foundations : aesthetics, formalism, and materialism
  • Aesthetic thought in antiquity
  • Form and formalism
  • Matter and appearances
  • pt. 2. The nascent aesthetic languages of the sixth to fourth centuries BCE
  • The rise of aesthetic reflection in the fifth century
  • The evidence of Aristophanes and Gorgias
  • The music of the voice
  • The voice of music
  • Visual experience
  • pt. 3. Broader perspectives
  • Sublime monuments in ancient aesthetics
  • pt. 4. Aesthetic futures
  • Epilogue.