Beauty : the fortunes of an ancient Greek idea /
Konstan, DavidAuthor
This study has two aims. The first is to determine how the ancient Greeks conceived of beauty - a matter that is not uncontroversial, since some scholars have denied that there existed an autonomous concept of beauty in classical Greece. The second is to identify problems that have beset modern aesthetics, such as whether a work of art can be beautiful if its subject matter is not, and to indicate why these difficulties did not pose a problem for the ancient idea of beauty.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 The Problem with Beauty -- 2 Beauty in Greek -- 3 The Nature of Beauty -- 4 Beauty Transfigured -- 5 Beauty across Cultures: Israel and Rome -- 6 Greek Beauty Today --  rBibliography -- Index
This study has two aims. The first is to determine how the ancient Greeks conceived of beauty - a matter that is not uncontroversial, since some scholars have denied that there existed an autonomous concept of beauty in classical Greece. The second is to identify problems that have beset modern aesthetics, such as whether a work of art can be beautiful if its subject matter is not, and to indicate why these difficulties did not pose a problem for the ancient idea of beauty.
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Aesthetics, Ancient
Aesthetics