Figur ohne Raum? : Bäume und Felsen in der attischen Vasenmalerei des 6. und 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. / Nikolaus Dietrich.
Nikolaus Dietrich presents a general model for the understanding of space in Greek paintings, based on an analysis of landscape elements in Attic vase painting of the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Our concept of space in landscapes proves to be completely unsuitable for understanding these motifs. Space...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | German |
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Berlin ; New York :
De Gruyter,
©2010.
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| Series: | Image & context ;
v. 7. |
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| Summary: | Nikolaus Dietrich presents a general model for the understanding of space in Greek paintings, based on an analysis of landscape elements in Attic vase painting of the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Our concept of space in landscapes proves to be completely unsuitable for understanding these motifs. Space in Greek paintings is not an earlier stage in the development of the concept we have employed since the Renaissance, but a completely different one, and a clear indication of the cultural relativity of our way of seeing things. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 715 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 681-698) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110220735 3110220733 3110220725 9783110220728 |
| ISSN: | 1868-4777 ; |
| Language: | In German with additional English summary. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |