Ebook: The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought

The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought presents an authoritative, coherent and wide-ranging guide to the afterlife of Greco-Roman antiquity in later Western cultures and a ground-breaking reinterpretation of large aspects of Western culture as a whole from a classical perspective.

• Features a unique combination of chronological range, cultural scope, coherent argument, and unified analysis
• Written in a lively, engaging, and elegant manner
• Presents an innovative overview of the afterlife of antiquity
• Crosses disciplinary boundaries to make new sense of a rich variety of material, rarely brought together
• Fully illustrated with a mix of color and black & white images

Content:
Chapter 1 The Classical Tradition and the Scope of Our Book (pages 1–9):
Chapter 2 Mapping the Field (pages 10–14):
Chapter 3 Eras (pages 15–31):
Chapter 4 Sustaining the Tradition (pages 32–51):
Chapter 5 Authority and Authorities (pages 52–60):
Chapter 6 Masters of Knowledge (pages 61–68):
Chapter 7 Models of Style (pages 69–78):
Chapter 8 Beacons of Morality (pages 79–86):
Chapter 9 Love Guides (pages 87–97):
Chapter 10 Special Relationships (pages 98–101):
Chapter 11 The Visual Arts (pages 102–118):
Chapter 12 Popular Culture and Its Problematics (pages 119–136):
Chapter 13 Languages and Language (pages 137–165):
Chapter 14 Modes of Engagement (pages 166–172):
Chapter 15 Translation (pages 173–198):
Chapter 16 Science and Sensibility (pages 199–223):
Chapter 17 Looking at the Past (pages 224–240):
Chapter 18 The Classical Tradition – and the Rest (pages 241–248):
Chapter 19 Preface (pages 249–252):
Chapter 20 The Dome (pages 253–262):
Chapter 21 The Hero (pages 263–275):
Chapter 22 Word‐Genres (pages 276–285):
Chapter 23 Preface (pages 287–291):
Chapter 24 Myth (pages 292–305):
Chapter 25 The City (pages 306–321):
Chapter 26 Forms of Government (pages 322–330):
Chapter 27 The Order of Things (pages 331–339):
Chapter 28 Preface (pages 341–345):
Chapter 29 Originators (pages 346–357):
Chapter 30 Points of Departure (pages 358–374):
Chapter 31 Ideas and Action (pages 375–390):
Chapter 32 Preface (pages 391–393):
Chapter 33 Painting (pages 394–401):
Chapter 34 Political Thought (pages 402–410):
Chapter 35 Poetry (pages 411–426):

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The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought presents an authoritative, coherent and wide-ranging guide to the afterlife of Greco-Roman antiquity in later Western cultures and a ground-breaking reinterpretation of large aspects of Western culture as a whole from a classical perspective.

• Features a unique combination of chronological range, cultural scope, coherent argument, and unified analysis
• Written in a lively, engaging, and elegant manner
• Presents an innovative overview of the afterlife of antiquity
• Crosses disciplinary boundaries to make new sense of a rich variety of material, rarely brought together
• Fully illustrated with a mix of color and black & white images