Hymn to Apollo : the ancient world and the Ballets Russes

Hymn to Apollo : the ancient world and the Ballets Russes /

In the ancient world, dance was used to express important truths about the human condition, and this significance can still be seen today in representations of dancers in ancient art. Sculpture, relief carving, vase painting, and other visual media offer a glimpse of the function of dance in antiqui...

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Other Authors: Fitzgerald, Clare, 1982- (Editor), Bowlt, John E. (Contributor), Herschman, Rachel (Contributor), Lapatin, Kenneth D. S. (Contributor), Naerebout, F. G. (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Princeton, NJ : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University ; Princeton University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Ballets russes > Exhibitions.
Ballets russes
Dance > Greece > Exhibitions.
Ballet > Costume > Exhibitions.
Ballet > Stage-setting and scenery > Exhibitions.
Dance in art > Exhibitions
Dance in art
Ballet > Costume
Ballet > Stage-setting and scenery
Dance
Greece
Exhibition catalogs
Table of Contents:
  • Letter from ISAW / Alexander Jones
  • Acknowledgments / Clare Fitzgerald
  • Introduction / Rachel Herschman
  • Achoreutos apaideutos : dance in ancient Greece / Frederick G. Naerebout
  • "Bold and dazzling" : Léon Bakst and antiquity / John E Bowlt
  • Works in focus / Kenneth Lapatin, Rachel Herschman, Clare Fitzgerald.

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