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"Archaeology with the viewpoint of the poet - poems of famous authors such as Gottfried Benn, Rose Ausländer or Durs Grünbein open new horizons in this volume along with exciting essays and beautiful pictures of renowned great photographers, and offer a fascinating, different approach to the archaeology of ancient Greece. Like archaeologists, the poets uncover hidden layers of the past, not with brush and trowel, but with language and their poetic intuition. This book brings together 70 German poems (1820-2011), that deal poetically with the ancient landscape of Greece and its archaeological treasures"--Publisher's website.

Antiquités gréco-romaines dans la littérature. --- Archaeology in literature. --- Architektur. --- Archéologie dans la littérature. --- Arkadien --- Classical antiquities in literature. --- Deutsch. --- German poetry --- German poetry. --- Inspiration. --- Literatur. --- Lyrik. --- Poésie allemande --- Poésie allemande. --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique. --- Griechenland --- Römisches Reich.

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The focus of this volume is on the aesthetics, semantics and function of materials in Roman antiquity between the 2nd century B.C. and the 2nd century A.D. It includes contributions on both architectural spaces (and their material design) and objects - types of 'artefacts' that differ greatly in the way they were used, perceived and loaded with cultural significance. With respect to architecture, the analysis of material aesthetics leads to a new understanding of the performance, imitation and transformation of surfaces, including the social meaning of such strategies. In the case of objects, surface treatments are equally important. However, object form (a specific design category), which can enter into tension with materiality, comes into particular focus. Only when materials are shaped do their various qualities emerge, and these qualities are, to a greater or lesser extent, transferred to objects. With a focus primarily on Roman Italy, the papers in this volume underscore the importance of material design and highlight the awareness of this matter in the ancient world.

HISTORY / Ancient / Greece. --- Materiality. --- Roman architecture. --- decor and decoration. --- object design.