Seduction and power
Subtitle: antiquity in the visual and performing arts
By: edited by Silke Knippschild and Marta García Morcillo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, a imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PIc
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781441177469; 9781441190659; 9781441154200
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient, in art; Congresses; Seduction in art; Power (Social sciences) in art; Civilization, Ancient, in literature; Seduction in literature; Power (Social sciences) in literature
Description: This volume focuses on the reception of antiquity in the performing and visual arts from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century. It explores the tensions and relations of gender, sexuality, eroticism and power in reception. Such universal themes dictated plots and characters of myth and drama, but also served to portray historical figures, events and places from Classical history. Their changing reception and reinterpretation across time has created stereotypes, models of virtue or immoral conduct, that blend the original features from the ancient world with a diverse range of visual and performing arts of the modern era.The volume deconstructs these traditions and shows how arts of different periods interlink to form and transmit these images to modern audiences and viewers. Drawing on contributions from across Europe and the United States, a trademark of the book is the inclusive treatment of all the arts beyond the traditional limits of academic disciplines
Notes: Based on a conference held at the University of Bristol in September, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-349) and index.