Rhetoric and innovation in Hellenistic art

Rhetoric and innovation in Hellenistic art / Kristen Seaman, University of Oregon.

"Hellenistic artworks are celebrated for innovations such as narrative, characterization, and description. The most striking examples are works associated with the Hellenistic courts. Their revolutionary appearance is usually attributed to Alexander the Great's conquest of the Near East, t...

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Main Author: Seaman, Kristen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Art, Hellenistic > Themes, motives.
Art and rhetoric > Mediterranean Region.
Table of Contents:
  • Rhetoric, innovation, and the courts
  • Narrative in the Telephos frieze
  • Personification in the Archelaos relief
  • Ekphrasis in Sosos's Unswept room mosaic.

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