Art, Science, and the Natural World in the Ancient Mediterranean, 300 BC to AD 100
Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 22 December 2021
- ISBN 9780192844897
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages392 pages
- Size 252x196x26 mm
- Weight 948 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 160 black and white figures 222
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Short description:
A study on the intersection of art, science, and the natural world in Hellenistic and Roman times.
MoreLong description:
The Hellenistic Period witnessed striking new developments in art, literature and science. This volume addresses a particularly vibrant area of innovation: the study of animals and the natural world. While Aristotle and his followers had revolutionized fields such as zoology and botany during the fourth century BC, these disciplines took on exciting new directions during Hellenistic times. Kings imported exotic species into their royal capitals from faraway lands. Travel writers described unusual creatures that they had never previously encountered. And buyers from a range of social levels chose works of art featuring animals and plants to decorate their palaces, houses and tombs.
While textual sources shed some light on these developments, the central premise of Art, Science and the Natural World in the Ancient Mediterranean is that our surviving artistic evidence permits a fuller understanding. Accordingly, the study brings together a rich body of visual material that invites new observations on how and why knowledge of the natural world became so important during this period. It is suggested that this cultural phenomenon affected many different groups in society: from kings in Alexandria and Pergamon to provincial aristocrats in the Levant, and from the Julio-Claudian imperial family to prosperous homeowners in Pompeii. By analysing the works of art produced for these individuals, a vivid picture emerges of this remarkable aspect of ancient culture.
This is a genuinely stimulating book that is set to inspire further interdisciplinary enquiries.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Nile Mosaic at Praeneste
The Tomb of Apollophanes at Marisa
The Artemidoros Papyrus
Animals in Hellenistic Royal Mosaics
Fish Mosaics in Late Republican Italy
Garden Paintings in Latium and Campania
Conclusions
Bibliography
