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The Art of Ancient Spectacle

Studies in the History of Art, vol. 56

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384

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Edited by Bettina Bergmann and Christine Kondoleon

This book consists of 19 essays by philologists, historians, archaeologists, and art historians considering live performance in ancient culture. The authors discuss events as combat in the arena, festivals, theatrical productions, processions and banquets in terms of the their forms and the visual arts created for them. 

Published by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts

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