Atkins adrienne (5 risultati)

Condizione: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Condizione: New. Print on Demand. Atkins, Adrienne (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2020 Brill hardcover edition. Unread copy in very good condition. From the cover: Night, in ancient Greece and Rome, was a mythological figure, a context for specialized knowledge, a semantic space in literature, and a setting for unique experiences. Fifteen case-studies here explore how nighttime was employed in the ascription of specific values in all these areas of ancient culture. Contents: Introduction: the values of nighttime in classical antiquity by Antje Wessels and James Ker PART 1 Who or what is the night? Night as measure, mother, and metaphor in the Hesiodic cosmos by Adrienne Atkins First-born of night or oozing from the slime? Deviant origins in Orphic cosmogonies by Radcliffe G. Edmonds III PART 2 Nocturnal knowledge: medicine, philosophy, religion, astronomy Night as diagnostic marker in Hippocratic medicine by Ralph M. Rosen Nights of insight: Plato on the philosophical qualities of the night by Albert Joosse Night's fictions: the religious institutions of Numa in Lucilius fr. 484-489 (Marx) by Cynthia Damon The astronomer-poet at night: the evolution of a motif by Kathryn Wilson PART 3 Society and gender: men and women at work, by night A night attack in the Seven Against Thebes by Isabella Reinhardt Tragedy of darkness: the role of night in Euripides' Rhesus by Marie-Charlotte von Lehsten The witching hour: troubled women in Homer, Apollonius, and Theocritus by Amelia Bensch-Schaus Nox rei publicae? Catiline's and Cicero's nocturnal activities in the Catilinarians by Christoph Pieper Inn-dependent: spending the night in a hostel in the Roman world by Jane Sancinito PART 4 Experiencing by night Better safe than sorry: nocturnal divinatory signs from a first-century BCE Roman perspective by Kim Beerden Through the eyes of the night: ecphrasis of nocturnal ambush scenes in Roman epic and historiography by Selina Weissmantel Nocturnal negotiations: experiencing the night scenes from the Iliad at the house of Octavius Quartio, Pompeii II 2.2 by Barbara Kellum Persius' nocturnal inspiration in the light of day by Jennifer Ferriss-Hill.…

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Atkins, Adrienne (illustratore).

62 pp.; 26.8 x 21.6 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; The first issue [only published issue?] of Images & Issues Magazine, published in Summer 1980. Edited by Sandy Ballatore. Contents include: "Photography's Response to Constructivism," by Robert Atkins; "Nothing is Better than the First Attempt: Jay McCafferty and Gregg Renfro," by Sandy Ballatore; "Space/Time/Sound-1970s," by Mary Stofflet; "Vija Celmins: A Survey Exhibition," by Jan Butterfield; "Ed Moses and Peter Lodato: Analysis of Two Painters," by Adrienne Rosenthal; "Post Post-Art, Where Do We Go From Here," by Douglas Davis; "Reality Games," by Sandy Ballatore; "Philip Guston: A Very Anxious Fix," by Jan Butterfield; "Art, Audience, and the Dinner Party," by Judy Chicago; "Taste, Kitsch, Art, Metaphor: Steven Kaltenbach," by Charles Shere; "A Barbizon of Performance: What's Cooking III, San Diego," by Sanda Agalidi; "Scott Burton: Individual Behavior Tableaux," by Michael Auping; "John Cage on Joyce, Duchamp, Satie," by Robert Atkins and "How Long is the Present?," by David Antin. Cover: Werner Mantz. Very Good. Dusting of covers and light edge wear. Contents clean and unmarked.…