David Konstan

Beauty

The Fortunes of an Ancient Greek Idea

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What makes something beautiful? In this engaging, elegant study, David Konstan turns to ancient Greece to address the nature of beauty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780199927265
• ISBN-10: 019992726X
• Artikelnr.: 47869438

Autorenporträt

David Konstan is Professor of Classics at New York University and Emeritus Professor of Classics at Brown University. He is the co-editor of the Emotions of the Past series and author or co-editor of 18 books.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Problem with Beauty
2. Beauty in Greek
3. The Nature of Beauty
4. Beauty Transfigured
5. Beauty Across Cultures
6. Greek Beauty Today