Visualizing the invisible with the human body : Physiognomy and ekphrasis in the ancient world /
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İsim	Visualizing the invisible with the human body : Physiognomy and ekphrasis in the ancient world /
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Basım Tarihi:	2019
Basım Yeri	- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]©2020
Konu	Literature, Ancient -- History and criticism. Physiognomy in literature. Ekphrasis. Human body in literature. Physiognomy. Human Body Physiognomy History, Ancient Roman World Greek World Physiognomy Ekphrasis Human body in literature Literature, Ancient Physiognomy in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Tür	Kitap
Dil	ara,eng
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı	501
Fiziksel Boyutlar	\|
Kütüphane:	Chicago Üniversitesi
Kayıt Numarası	12662189
Tarih	2019
Notlar	Includes bibliographical references and index.In English.Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019).. 1 online resource (VI, 501 pages). Physiognomy and ekphrasis are two of the most important modes of description in antiquity and represent the necessary precursors of scientific description. The primary way of divining the characteristics and fate of an individual, whether inborn or acquired, was to observe the patient's external characteristics and behaviour. This volume focuses initially on two types of descriptive literature in Mesopotamia: physiognomic omens and what we might call ekphrastic description. These modalities are traced through ancient India, Ugaritic and the Hebrew Bible, before arriving at the physiognomic features of famous historical figures such as Themistocles, Socrates or Augustus in the Graeco-Roman world, where physiognomic discussions become intertwined with typological analyses of human characters. The Arabic compendial culture absorbed and remade these different physiognomic and ekphrastic traditions, incorporating both Mesopotamian links between physiognomy and medicine and the interest in characterological 'types' that had emerged in the Hellenistic period. This volume offer the first wide-ranging picture of these modalities of description in antiquity.
Seri	Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures, volume 10 Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures ; 10.
Diğer yazarlar / katkıda bulunanlar	Johnson, J. Cale, editor Stavru, Alessandro, editor
ISBN	9783110642698311064269797831106182663110618265978311064268131106426899783110642681
Dijital dosya özellikleri	text file PDF
Diğer biçim	EPUB 9783110642681print 9783110618266
Standart no.	10.1515/97831106426989783110618266

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Visualizing the invisible with the human body : Physiognomy and ekphrasis in the ancient world /

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Basım Tarihi 2019

Konu Literature, Ancient -- History and criticism. Physiognomy in literature. Ekphrasis. Human body in literature. Physiognomy. Human Body Physiognomy History, Ancient Roman World Greek World Physiognomy Ekphrasis Human body in literature Literature, Ancient Physiognomy in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Tür Kitap

Dil ara,eng

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Sayfa Sayısı 501

Fiziksel Boyutlar |

Kütüphane Chicago Üniversitesi

Kayıt Numarası 12662189

Tarih 2019

Notlar Includes bibliographical references and index.In English.Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019).. 1 online resource (VI, 501 pages). Physiognomy and ekphrasis are two of the most important modes of description in antiquity and represent the necessary precursors of scientific description. The primary way of divining the characteristics and fate of an individual, whether inborn or acquired, was to observe the patient's external characteristics and behaviour. This volume focuses initially on two types of descriptive literature in Mesopotamia: physiognomic omens and what we might call ekphrastic description. These modalities are traced through ancient India, Ugaritic and the Hebrew Bible, before arriving at the physiognomic features of famous historical figures such as Themistocles, Socrates or Augustus in the Graeco-Roman world, where physiognomic discussions become intertwined with typological analyses of human characters. The Arabic compendial culture absorbed and remade these different physiognomic and ekphrastic traditions, incorporating both Mesopotamian links between physiognomy and medicine and the interest in characterological 'types' that had emerged in the Hellenistic period. This volume offer the first wide-ranging picture of these modalities of description in antiquity.

Seri Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures, volume 10 Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures ; 10.

Diğer yazarlar / katkıda bulunanlar Johnson, J. Cale, editor Stavru, Alessandro, editor

ISBN 9783110642698311064269797831106182663110618265978311064268131106426899783110642681

Dijital dosya özellikleri text file PDF

Diğer biçim EPUB 9783110642681print 9783110618266

Standart no. 10.1515/97831106426989783110618266