Description: Visualizing the Invisible With the Human Body : Physiognomy and Ekphrasis in the Ancient World, Hardcover by Johnson, J. Cale (EDT); Stavru, Alessandro (EDT), ISBN 3110618265, ISBN-13 9783110618266, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Historians of science explore physiognomy and ekphrasis as methods for divining the inborn or temporary characteristics of an individual in ancient Mesopotamia, India, Greece, and Rome. Among their topics are Mesopotamian and Indian physiognomy, late Babylonian astrological physiognomy, physiognomic roots in the rhetoric of Cicero and Quintilian: the application and transformation of traditional physiognomics, the question of ekphrasis in ancient Levantine narrative, and physiognomy as a secret for the king: the chapter on physiognomy in the pseudo-Aristotelian "Secret of Secrets." Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Visualizing the Invisible With the Human Body : Physiognomy and E
Number of Pages: 507 Pages
Publication Name: Visualizing the Invisible with the Human Body : Physiognomy and Ekphrasis in the Ancient World
Language: English
Publisher: DE Gruyter, Inc.
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Ancient / General, Ancient & Classical
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 35.2 Oz
Item Length: 9.4 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, History
Author: Alessandro. Stavru
Series: Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures Ser.
Item Width: 6.7 in
Format: Hardcover
