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Down from Olympus: Archaeology and Philhellenism in Germany, 1750-1970
Suzanne L. Marchand
Down from Olympus: Archaeology and Philhellenism in Germany, 1750-1970
Suzanne L. Marchand
Argues that nineteenth-century philhellenes inherited both an elitist, normative aesthetics and an ascetic, scholarly ethos from their Romantic predecessors; German "neohumanists" promised to reconcile these intellectual commitments, and by so doing, to revitalize education and the arts.
424 pages, 35 halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 26, 2003 |
ISBN13 | 9780691114781 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 424 |
Dimensions | 157 × 232 × 25 mm · 640 g |
Language | English |
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