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L'oblique dans le monde grec - Concept et imagerie (French, Paperback)
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L'oblique dans le monde grec - Concept et imagerie (French, Paperback)
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What could be more evident than the concepts of oblique, horizontal
or vertical? In the modern world, these concepts form the basis of
our thought system, both from a mathematical and artistic point of
view. Everything would suggest that these principles were known to
the Greek civilization. However, the study of the surviving texts
casts a different light on the matter. Homer did not know the
concept of oblique - no word could translate it into the language
of his time. Even later, the Greeks had five adjectives
approximately meaning oblique: , , , and . Each discipline
(cosmology, optic, geography, art, etc.) had its own way of looking
at these five words. Paradoxically, what the written language had
not yet synthesized was abundant in imagery. Even more surprising,
the oblique in images, which we consider as a sign of movement in
our own iconographic language, is found to signify both movement
and rest. Two monuments of Greek art draw attention to this new
paradox: the frieze of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus and the
Mourning Athena. In each of them, the oblique line is present, and
carries two distinct meanings. These two forms of language, written
and figurative, bring a different and complementary perspective on
the ancient Greeks' apprehension (or lack thereof) of the concept
of oblique.
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