{"product_id":"the-living-death-of-antiquity-9780192893963","title":"The Living Death of Antiquity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Living Death of Antiquity examines the historical development of a neoclassical aesthetic in visual art and sculpture centred on simplicity and grandeur. Fitzgerald describes its ideals and potential as well as its remaining significance in modern culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Fitzgerald's The Living Death of Antiquity is a striking title indeed...This collection of carousing Greek poems from across several centuries, it is claimed, inaugurates something of a tradition itself, advocating a 'timeless lifestyle of drinking, desiring, and singing'. * Greece \u0026amp; Rome *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: Introduction: Why Neoclassicism? 2: The Iliad Backtranslated: Alexander Pope and John Flaxman 3: Sculpture between the Graceful and the Heroic: Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorvaldsen 4: Voicing Antiquity: the Anacreontea and Charles Leconte de Lisle's Études Latines 5: Modernism, Neoclassicism, and Irony: Erik Satie's Socrate Conclusion","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524568162647,"sku":"9780192893963","price":92.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-living-death-of-antiquity-9780192893963","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}