From Kairos to Occasio through Fortuna. Text / Image / Afterlife - Barbara Baert
On the Antique Critical Moment, a Grisaille in Mantua (School of Mante
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From Kairos to Occasio through Fortuna. Text / Image / Afterlife is een boek van Barbara Baert. Deze editie wordt tweedehands aangeboden door 1 boekverkoper(s) uit Antwerpen. Voor meer info, bekijk de beschrijving van de beschikbare exemplaren verder op deze pagina.
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2021Uitgever: Brepols Publishers211 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1912554623ISBN-13: 9781912554621Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary The ancient Greeks had a name for the joy as well as the sorrow of an occasion that suddenly presents itself, but disappears just as swiftly: kairos, or in Latin occasio. Using the Mantua grisaille as starting point and leading motif, Barbara Baert guides us in her own intriguing way through the history of the representation of this figure in art. How did the archaic Greek Kairos model survive in the Quattrocento? Which appearances did Kairos take on along the way and how can we explain his mutatio...
