Narcissus and Pygmalion : illusion and spectacle in Ovid's Metamorphoses / Gianpiero Rosati.
"That nature imitates art is not a paradox distilled from Oscar Wilde’s pen, but the bold formulation of a Roman poet, Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE), which marks a radical turning point in ancient aesthetics, founded on the principle of mimesis. By enhancing phantasia, the artist’s creative imagination,...
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| Language: | English Italian |
| Published: | Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021. ©2021 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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