Project Gutenberg 2007-02-06 Public domain in the USA. 571 Gardner, Ernest Arthur 1862 1939 Gardner, E. A. (Ernest Arthur) Religion and Art in Ancient Greece Produced by Ron Swanson "Religion and Art in Ancient Greece" by Ernest Arthur Gardner is a scholarly publication likely written in the early 20th century. This work conducts a detailed exploration of how religion and artistic expression, particularly through sculpture, interplay in ancient Greek culture. Gardner examines the ways in which the Greek pantheon influenced artistic endeavors and public life, emphasizing the evolution of artistic ideals and religious understanding. The opening of the text introduces the intricate relationship between religion and art in ancient Greece, emphasizing that while much of the contemporary research has focused on primitive rituals, this approach risks overlooking the vibrant representations of the Olympian gods that dominated Greek worship and artistic expression. Gardner discusses the origins of idolatry and the anthropomorphic representations of gods, investigating how these images not only served ritual functions but also shaped the beauty standards and religious practices of the time. He sets the stage for a broader analysis of various aspects of religion—popular, official, poetic, and philosophical—and their interactions with artistic expression, ultimately inviting readers to think critically about the significance of these relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 42.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Art, Greek Art and religion -- Greece Mythology, Classical, in art Greece -- Religion BL Text Greece Paganism Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - Ancient Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: History - Ancient Category: Art Category: Religion/Spirituality 155859 2025-06-08T15:12:59.628050 text/html 147213 2007-02-06T05:43:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 154218 2007-02-06T05:43:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 162388 2025-06-08T15:13:02.076994 application/epub+zip 164354 2025-06-08T15:12:59.955041 application/epub+zip 126435 2025-06-08T15:12:59.773028 application/epub+zip 227117 2025-06-08T15:13:03.999029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 214207 2025-06-08T15:13:01.890002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176509 2022-09-09T15:10:37.844869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140993 2025-06-08T15:12:59.411077 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140946 2007-02-06T05:43:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 51080 2007-02-06T05:43:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20206 2025-06-08T15:13:04.125023 application/rdf+xml 26203 2025-06-08T15:12:59.842011 image/jpeg 3858 2025-06-08T15:12:59.807003 image/jpeg 156997 2025-06-08T15:12:59.649026 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia