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Five - The Styles of Mimesis

from Part II - Ancients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2024

Sarah Bassett
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
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Chapter Five considers the definition of mimesis in the visual arts to argue that ancient ideas of visual imitation encompassed a wide range of styles, among them formal solutions modern observers would consider abstract. It posits that the stylistic language deployed by Hermogenes of Tarsus in his rhetorical treatise Peri Ideon can be applied to the description of late antique visual art.

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Style and Meaning in Late Antique Art
Ancients and Moderns on Seeing and Thinking
, pp. 99 - 124
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • The Styles of Mimesis
  • Sarah Bassett, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: Style and Meaning in Late Antique Art
  • Online publication: 15 August 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009466356.008
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  • The Styles of Mimesis
  • Sarah Bassett, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: Style and Meaning in Late Antique Art
  • Online publication: 15 August 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009466356.008
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  • The Styles of Mimesis
  • Sarah Bassett, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: Style and Meaning in Late Antique Art
  • Online publication: 15 August 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009466356.008
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