The Animated Image
Roman Theory on Naturalism, Vividness and Divine Power
Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
232 pages
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16 halftones
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6 3/5 x 9 2/5
The Animated Image develops a new theoretical concept for understanding the Roman art of images. The prevalent conviction at the time was that the painter, writer, orator, and dancer created images that represented living beings. However, the viewers or listeners sometimes believed they were not observing a representation but something that contained aspects of life or spirit. This book touches upon ontological and epistemological problems of this representational tension.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Naturalism and animation. Pliny’s anecdotes on art
Enargeia as epistemological requirement and rhetorical value. Quintilian on vividness
Creation and impact of art, literature and speech. Callistratus’ “On the Statue of a Bacchante”
Life and animation in dance, theatre and spectacle. Lucian’s “The Dance”
Cult statues at the boundaries of humanity. Plutarch on supernatural animation
Epilogue. Erotic reactions to Praxiteles’ Cnidian Aphrodite
Notes
Bibliography
Index
List of illustrations
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