Facing the Gods - Epiphany and Representation in Graeco-Roman Art, Literature and Religion (Hardcover, New title)

This is the first history of epiphany as both a phenomenon and as a cultural discourse within the Graeco-Roman world, exploring divine manifestations and their representations, in visual terms as well as in literary, historical and epigraphic accounts. Verity Platt sets the cultural analysis of epiphany within a historical framework that explores its development from the archaic period into the Roman empire. In particular, a surprisingly large number of the images that have survived from antiquity are not only religious, but epiphanically charged. Verity Platt argues that the enduring potential for divine incursions into mortal experience provides a structure of cognitive reliability that supports both ancient religion and mythology. At the same time, Graeco-Roman culture exhibits a sophisticated awareness of the difficulties of the apprehension of deity, the representation of divine presence, and the potential for the manmade sign to lead the worshipper back to an unmediated epiphanic encounter.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Greek Culture in the Roman World
Release date:	July 2011
First published:	July 2011
Authors:	Verity Platt (Associate Professor of Classics and History of Art)
Dimensions:	255 x 182 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	502
Edition:	New title
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-86171-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > General
LSN:	0-521-86171-3
Barcode:	9780521861717

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