Inspiration
Subtitle: Bacchus and the Cultural History of a Creation Myth (Philosophy of History and Culture) (Philosophy of History and Culture)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: May 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9789004142794
Subjects: Myths & mythology; Pre-Christian European & Mediterranean religions; Dionysus (Greek deity); Computers - General Information; Inspiration; Art; History - Renaissance; General; Computer Science; Creation (Literarty, artistic,; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); History
First sentence: The appointed task of the historian (even of art) is to recreate, a la mimesis, the textures of a lost world, one entombed in the past.