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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-20 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This is the first modern attempt to put aesthetics back on the map in classical studies. James Porter traces the origins of aesthetic thought and inquiry in the
Frontiers of Pleasure
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Authors: Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi
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Frontiers of Pleasure calls into question a number of influential modern notions regarding aesthetics by going back to the very beginnings of aesthetic thought
Beauty
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Authors: David Konstan
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What makes something beautiful? In this engaging, elegant study, David Konstan turns to ancient Greece to address the nature of beauty.
Greek and Roman Aesthetics
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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-24 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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An anthology of works commenting on the perception of beauty in art, structure and style in literature, and aesthetic judgement.
The Sublime in Antiquity
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Authors: James I. Porter
Categories: History
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Detailed new account of the historical emergence and conceptual reach of the sublime both before and after Longinus.