The literary genre of art historiography in the european antiquity

• Autores: Zoja Bojić
• Localización: Knjizevna istorija = Literary History, ISSN 0350-6428, Nº. 159, 2016, págs. 237-254
• Idioma: serbio
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  • This essay examines the relevant literary works of the five art historiographers of the European antiquity – Vitruvius (1st c. BC), Pliny the Elder (1st c. AD), Philostratus the Elder, Philostratus the Younger (2nd and 3rd c. AD) and Callistratus (3rd or 4th c. AD). Their diverse writings on architecture (Vitruvius), painting (Philostratus the Elder and Philostratus the Younger), sculpture (Callistratus) and all mediums of art practices (Pliny the Elder) are examined here as one large corpus of texts on the visual arts.

    Through an examination of the common terms, definitions, descriptions and individual statements of these authors a literary genre of art historiography of the European antiquity can be established.