The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought presents an authoritative, coherent and wide-ranging guide to the afterlife of Greco-Roman antiquity in later Western cultures and a ground-breaking reinterpretation of large aspects of Western culture as a whole from a classical perspective.
* Features a unique combination of chronological range, cultural scope, coherent argument, and unified analysis
* Written in a lively, engaging, and elegant manner
* Presents an innovative overview of the afterlife of antiquity
* Crosses disciplinary boundaries to make new sense of a rich variety of material, rarely brought together
* Fully illustrated with a mix of color and black & white images
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures vii
List of Plates viii
Prologue ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Part I Overview 1
§ 1 The Classical Tradition and the Scope of Our Book 3
§ 2 Mapping the Field 10
§ 3 Eras 15
§ 4 Sustaining the Tradition: Classics and Education 32
§ 5 Authority and Authorities 52
§ 6 Masters of Knowledge 61
§ 7 Models of Style 69
§ 8 Beacons of Morality 79
§ 9 Love Guides 87
§ 10 Special Relationships 98
§ 11 The Visual Arts: Contexts and Connections 102
§ 12 Popular Culture and Its Problematics 119
§ 13 Languages and Language 137
§ 14 Modes of Engagement 166
§ 15 Translation 173
§ 16 Science and Sensibility 199
§ 17 Looking at the Past 224
§ 18 The Classical Tradition - and the Rest 241
Part II Archetypes 249
§ 19 Preface 251
§ 20 The Dome 253
§ 21 The Hero 263
§ 22 Word-Genres 276
Part III The Imaginary 287
§ 23 Preface 289
§ 24 Myth 292
§ 25 The City: Rome 306
§ 26 Forms of Government 322
§ 27 The Order of Things 331
Part IV Making a Difference 341
§ 28 Preface 343
§ 29 Originators 346
§ 30 Points of Departure 358
§ 31 Ideas and Action 375
Part V Contrasts and Comparisons 391
§ 32 Preface 393
§ 33 Painting 394
§ 34 Political Thought 402
§ 35 Poetry 411
Epilogue 428
Bibliography 432
Index 475
