Grand-Clément, Adeline
(ed.)
Ribeyrol, Charlotte
(ed.)
Editorial: Bloomsbury
Colección: IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts
Número de páginas: 288 págs. 15.0 x 23.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 29-06-2023
EAN: 9781350251632
ISBN: 978-1-350-25163-2
Precio (sin IVA): 28,99 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 30,15 €
This volume tackles the role of smell, under-explored in relation to the other senses, in the modern rejection, reappraisal and idealisation of antiquity. Among the senses olfaction in particular has often been overlooked in classical reception studies due to its evanescent nature, which makes this sense difficult to apprehend in its past instantiations. And yet, the smells associated with a given figure or social group convey a rich imagery which in turn connotes specific values: perfumes, scents and foul odours both reflect and mould the ways in which a society thinks or acts. Smells also help to distinguish between male and female, citizens and strangers, and play an important role during rituals.