Nature and Imagination in Ancient and Early Modern Roman Art

Gabriel Pihas

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Routledge
27 July 2022

History of art: ancient & classical art; History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600

Series: Routledge Research in Art History

This volume uses the art of Rome to help us understand the radical historical break between the fundamental ancient pre-supposition that there is a natural world or cosmos situating human life, and the equally fundamental modern emphasis on human imagination and its creative power.

Rome’s unique art history reveals a different side of the battle between ancients and moderns than that usually raised as an issue in the history of science and philosophy. The book traces the idea of a cosmos in pre-modern art in Rome, from the reception of Greek art in the Roman republic to the construction of the Pantheon, to early Christian art and architecture. It then sketches the disappearance of the presupposition of a cosmos in the High Renaissance and Baroque periods, as creativity became a new ideal. Through discussions of the art and architecture that defines proto-modern Rome— from Michelangelo’s terribilita’ in the Sistine Chapel, Caravaggio’s realism, Baroque illusionism, the infinities of Borromini’s architecture, to the Grand Tour’s representations of ruins— through an interpretation of such major issues and works, this book shows how modern art liberates us while leaving us feeling estranged from our grounding in the natural world.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, architectural history, classics, philosophy, and early modern history and culture.

By: Gabriel Pihas
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 580g
ISBN: 9781032101422
ISBN 10: 1032101423
Series: Routledge Research in Art History
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 27 July 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. The Heavens, Ancient and Modern 2. Ancient Art and the Problem of Hamlet 3. Crossing the Cosmos in Santa Costanza Interlude. A New Theology of Nature 4. Michelangelo’s Renewal of All Things 5. Natural Things in Caravaggio’s Early Religious Paintings 6. Borromini’s Restlessness and the Classical Tradition Epilogue: Nature and Ruin

Gabriel Pihas is the academic director at the Rome Institute of Liberal Arts and a tutor in the Integral Program of the Liberal Arts at St. Mary's College of California.

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Nature and Imagination in Ancient and Early Modern Roman Art

Gabriel Pihas

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