Down from Olympus Archaeology and Philhellenism in Germany, 1750-1970 |
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| Author:
| Marchand, Suzanne L. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-11478-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2003 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $99.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.