There is very little direct representation of acts of creation in Greek art. This paper examines the visual potential of the extended creation narrative first related by Hesiod, focusing on the handful of episodes which are to be found in the visual arts-the births of Aphrodite and Athene, Zeus's slaying of Typhon and the Gigantomachy-while attempting to account for their selection. It also considers the remarkable lack of an authoritative account of the creation of mankind in the archaic and classical periods, and the relatively late development of Prometheus's role as man's creator, which contrasts with the much earlier establishment of traditions concerning local "first men" and the creation of the first woman, Pandora. There is very little direct representation of acts of creation in Greek art. This paper examines the visual potential of the extended creation narrative first related by Hesiod, focusing on the handful of episodes which are to be found in the visual arts-the births of Aphrodite and Athene, Zeus's slaying of Typhon and the Gigantomachy-while attempting to account for their selection. It also considers the remarkable lack of an authoritative account of the creation of mankind in the archaic and classical periods, and the relatively late development of Prometheus's role as man's creator, which contrasts with the much earlier establishment of traditions concerning local "first men" and the creation of the first woman, Pandora.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2009
توصيف ظاهري
419-447
عنوان
Religion and the Arts
شماره جلد
13/4
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1568-5292
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
BIRTH OF APHRODITE
اصطلاح موضوعی
BIRTH OF ATHENE
اصطلاح موضوعی
CREATION
اصطلاح موضوعی
ERICHTHONIOS
اصطلاح موضوعی
GIGANTOMACHY
اصطلاح موضوعی
GREEK MYTH
اصطلاح موضوعی
HESIOD
اصطلاح موضوعی
PANDORA
اصطلاح موضوعی
PROMETHEUS
اصطلاح موضوعی
TYPHON
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )