A groundbreaking account of ancient Greek funerary sculpture and
its emotional effects  In this lyrically written and
beautifully illustrated study, Seth Estrin probes the emotional
effects of one of the largest and most important categories of
Greek sculpture: the funerary monuments of Classical Athens.
Instead of simply documenting experiences of bereavement, he
demonstrates that funerary monuments played a vital role in giving
grief visual and material presence, employing the subtle effects of
relief sculpture to make private experiences of loss socially
meaningful to others. By identifying the deaths they marked as
worthy of grief, funerary monuments mobilized fundamental questions
about sculptural form and pictorial recognition to political ends,
instrumentalizing the emotional dimensions of sculpture as a means
to construct and uphold social hierarchies. Grounded in careful
study of numerous monuments, new readings of their accompanying
epigrams and ancient literary sources, and close consideration of
both ancient and modern theories of emotion, Grief Made Marble
makes a landmark contribution not only to the study of Greek
sculpture, but to our broader understanding of the relationship
between art and emotion in antiquity.
General
Imprint: |
Yale University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Seth Estrin
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Dimensions: |
279 x 216mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-300-26936-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-300-26936-6 |
Barcode: |
9780300269369 |
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