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OverviewHow did the Greeks translate tales into images? Why do artistic depictions of ancient myths sometimes ""contradict"" the textual versions that we think of as canonical? What caused the Romans to be anxious about decorated ceilings? Can numismatic images solve problems in Augustan politics or explain the provenance of the Warren Cup? How are the curators of ancient artifacts to supply the high-quality digital images that scholars need in order to answer these questions? And how are text-based scholars to make productive use of them? Images have their own semantic language, and their survival, usually divorced from their original context, makes it hard to interpret them with nuance and sophistication. Images for Classicists starts from the premise that the visual and textual records from antiquity are indispensable complements to one another and demonstrates some of the ways in which text and image, taken together, can complicate and enrich our understanding of ancient culture. While attempting to dissolve the distinctions between text- and artifact-based scholars, it also tries to bridge the gap between academy and museum by exploring the challenges that the digital revolution poses to curators and sketching some of the ways in which image-based collections may be deployed in the future. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kathleen M. ColemanPublisher: Harvard Department of the Classics Imprint: Harvard Department of the Classics Volume: 15 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.542kg ISBN: 9780674428362ISBN 10: 0674428366 Pages: 148 Publication Date: 26 October 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationKathleen M. Coleman is James Loeb Professor of the Classics at Harvard University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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