ART MYTH AND RITUAL P
Title | ART MYTH AND RITUAL P PDF eBook |
Author | Kwang-chih CHANG |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 157 |
Release | 2009-06-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0674029402 |
A leading scholar in the United States on Chinese archaeology challenges long-standing conceptions of the rise of political authority in ancient China. Questioning Marx's concept of an "Asiatic" mode of production, Wittfogel's "hydraulic hypothesis," and cultural-materialist theories on the importance of technology, K. C. Chang builds an impressive counterargument, one which ranges widely from recent archaeological discoveries to studies of mythology, ancient Chinese poetry, and the iconography of Shang food vessels.
Art, Myth, and Ritual in Classical Greece
Title | Art, Myth, and Ritual in Classical Greece PDF eBook |
Author | Judith M. Barringer |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008-07-21 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0521641349 |
A study of the relationship between architectural sculpture and myth in Classical Greece.
Art, Myth, and Ritual
Title | Art, Myth, and Ritual PDF eBook |
Author | K. C. Chang |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 157 |
Release | 1988-10-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0674253434 |
A leading scholar in the United States on Chinese archaeology challenges long-standing conceptions of the rise of political authority in ancient China. Questioning Marx’s concept of an “Asiatic” mode of production, Wittfogel’s “hydraulic hypothesis,” and cultural-materialist theories on the importance of technology, K. C. Chang builds an impressive counterargument, one which ranges widely from recent archaeological discoveries to studies of mythology, ancient Chinese poetry, and the iconography of Shang food vessels.
Myth
Title | Myth PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Alan Segal |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 161 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Myth |
ISBN | 0198724705 |
Where do myths come from? What is their function and what do they mean? In this Very Short Introduction Robert Segal introduces the array of approaches used to understand the study of myth. These approaches hail from disciplines as varied as anthropology, sociology, psychology, literary criticism, philosophy, science, and religious studies. Including ideas from theorists as varied as Sigmund Freud, Claude Levi-Strauss, Albert Camus, and Roland Barthes, Segal uses the famous ancient myth of Adonis to analyse their individual approaches and theories. In this new edition, he not only considers the future study of myth, but also considers the interactions of myth theory with cognitive science, the implications of the myth of Gaia, and the differences between story-telling and myth. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Art Myths and Rituals
Title | Art Myths and Rituals PDF eBook |
Author | Kyra Belan |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1753-01-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781933005676 |
Jurisculture
Title | Jurisculture PDF eBook |
Author | Gray L. Dorsey |
Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
Total Pages | 206 |
Release | 1993-01-01 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9781560000907 |
Visualizing the Tragic
Title | Visualizing the Tragic PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Kraus |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 488 |
Release | 2007-06-07 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
A collection of essays that brings new insight to the question of the continuing, and inexhaustible, fascination of Athenian tragedy of the fifth century BCE. There is particular reference to the visual - the myriad ways in which tragic texts are (re)interpreted, (re)appropriated, and (re)visualized through verbal and artistic description.