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ETERNAL RETURN: THE RECURRING EMPLOYMENT OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN CLASSICAL TRADITION FOR IDEOLOGICAL PURPOSES IN WESTERN ART HISTORY

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Research in the fields History of Art and civilization.

Abstract

The paper attempts to map out "The eternal return of the classical tradition", tracing its origin to the Italian Renaissance, built to a large extent on the rediscovery and revival of classical Greek philosophy, and how, the revived visual motifs and art techniques of the Greco-Roman tradition came to symbolize, and communicate changing and sometimes contradictory identities. Highlighting how the classical lives in a cycle of eternal revival in which it is only invoked to be denounced or to suffer a decline, then be revived with new readings. This paper moves through various stops in western Art History, starting from the Renaissance (the unearthing and defining), moving to the late Renaissance (sometimes called anti-classicism), then the first revival with Neoclassicism, moving towards Modern Art and then the complex relationship between Fascism and Classicism. The paper moves chronologically but creates small interventions and moments of reflection, drawing comparisons and bringing up similarities that emerge across centuries, comparing both artistic practices and the way these practices were read and received.

DOI

10.47436/jaars.2023.165514.1113

Keywords

Classical Tradition, Propaganda, Political Art

Authors

First Name

Huda

Last Name

Zikry

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Faculty of Fine Arts,, Helwan University

Email

hudazikryy@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Reem

Last Name

Saleh

MiddleName

Assem

Affiliation

Galala University, Faculty of Art and Design Helwan University, Faculty of Fine Arts,,

Email

reem.assem@gu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

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Volume

4

Article Issue

7

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41976

Issue Date

2023-06-01

Receive Date

2022-10-11

Publish Date

2023-06-15

Page Start

326

Page End

339

Print ISSN

2535-1508

Online ISSN

2535-2369

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JAARS_Volume 4_Issue 7_Pages 326-339.pdf

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Journal of Arts & Architecture Research Studies

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ETERNAL RETURN: THE RECURRING EMPLOYMENT OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN CLASSICAL TRADITION FOR IDEOLOGICAL PURPOSES IN WESTERN ART HISTORY

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28 Dec 2024