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Item Number: 111231
Title: Il Sorriso di Dioniso. The Smile of Dionysus
Author: La Rocca, Eugenio (ed)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788842218425
Description: Torino: Allemandi, 2010. 33cm., hardcover, 181pp. illus., most in color. Italian-English text. From the introduction by Carlo Strinati : The main focus of this publication is the splendid white marble statue of Dionysus which dates from the second half of the second century AD, and the extraordinary and extremely rare bronze mask of Papposilenus, which dates from the first century BC. It is, indeed, a remarkable work and of enormous importance for historical research. Taking its cue from these two outstanding examples of the art of Antiquity, the theme of Dionysus thus runs throughout the entire book, with eminent authors illustrating a whole range of aspects of classical culture. They examine the theatrical, musical, figurative and speculative dimension of the many links that these two sculptures have with the artistic and philosophical debate on Tragedy and Comedy, on the portrayal of Myth, on the image and cult of Liber/Bacchus in the world of Rome, with all that that entails, on the tradition of wine and love in Antiquity, on the fascinating theme of the mask itself, and on villa life with all its distractions, providing us with most unusual and often amusing information. Includes: V. Massimo Manfredi "The Mask of Dionysus," C. Isler-Kerenyi "The Cult of Liber/Bacchus in the Roman World," H-U Cain "The Image of Liber/Bacchus in the Roman World," D. Candilio "The Statue of Dionysus in the Fondazione Sorgente Group Collection," M. Papini "Cult, Wine, and Love: Living and Dying with Images of Bacchus," A. Lo Monaco "Masks in the Ancient World between Set and Domestic Furnishings," E. La Rocca "Living Peacefully in Dionysus' Shadow, The Bronze Mask of Papposilenus Belonging to the Fondazione Sorgente Group and a Life of Leisure in Roman Villas," E. La Rocca "Bronze Applique: Head of a Silenus".

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