| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 325 pages) |
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Imagines - Classical receptions in the visual and performing arts |
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Imagines - Classical receptions in the visual and performing arts.
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| Contents |
The Mediterranean as a geographical space -- Living and dying in troubled waters -- A personal Sea. The artist and the Sea -- Sea politics -- Contemporary uses of the classical Mediterranean |
| Summary |
When thinking about the Mediterranean, Fernand Braudel's haunting words resound like an echo of the sea and its millenary history. From Prehistory until today, the Mediterranean has been setting, witness and protagonist of mythical and supernatural adventures, of encounters with the Other, of legendary and historical battles, of the rise and fall of cultures and empires, of fortunate and tragic destinies of humans. Braudel's appeal for a long duree history of the Mediterranean challenged traditional views that often present it as a sea fragmented and divided through epochs and periods. This volume proposes a journey into the bright but also dark sides of the ancient Mediterranean through the kaleidoscopic gaze of artists who from the Renaissance to the 21st century have been inspired and fascinated by the sea, its myths and history. The view of those who imagined and recreated the past of the sea has largely contributed to the shaping of modern cultures which - close to its shores or not - are inexorably rooted and embedded in Mediterranean traditions. The contributions look at modern visual reinterpretations of ancient myths, fiction and history and pay particular attention to the theme of sea travel and travellers, which since Homer's Odyssey has become the epitome of the discovery of new worlds but also of cultural exchanges and a metaphor of personal developments and metamorphoses |
| Notes |
Outgrowth of the conference Sailing in troubled waters, Faro, October 2014 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed April 26, 2019) |
| Subject |
Arts, Modern -- Themes, motives -- Congresses
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Arts, Modern -- Classical influences -- Congresses
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Classical history -- classical civilisation.
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Theory of art.
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ART -- Performance.
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ART -- Reference.
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Arts, Modern -- Classical influences
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Arts, Modern -- Themes, motives
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| SUBJECT |
Mediterranean Sea -- In art -- Congresses
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| Subject |
Mediterranean Sea
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rovira Guardiola, Rosario, editor
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Sailing in troubled waters: The Ancient Mediterranean and its Legacy in the Performing and Visual Arts (Conference) (2014 : Universidade do Algarve)
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| ISBN |
9781474298605 |
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1474298605 |
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9781474298612 |
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1474298613 |
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