Unit:
Specialty Greek and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology: From the Bronze Age Palaces to the Hellenistic KingdomsLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Supervisors info:
Professor Eurydice Kefalidou, Department of Philosophy, University of Athens
Professor Dimitris Plantzos, and Professor Stylianos Katakis
Original Title:
The Classical Statue as Object and Truth
Translated title:
The Classical Statue as Object and Truth
Summary:
So often analysis of Classical statue pursues the question of what the it is, rather than what it means. This essay diverges. Part I contends that the cardinal change between Archaic and Classical statue was the change in viewing a human as an object. Part II argues for an interpretation of the statue, using the Diadoumenos as paradigm, as a model of ideal human truth, rather than of beauty. The claims draw evidence from a wide field, including archeology, architecture, literature, history and philosophy,
Main subject category:
History
Keywords:
statue, man, way of seeing
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