Down from olympus: archaeology and philhellenism in germany, 1750-1970
Auteur :
Marchand, Suzanne L.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691114781
Date de publication :
26 janv. 2003
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
652 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.