At the peak of its perfection in the fifth century B.C.; the glory of classical Greek drama was matched by the magnificence of its costumes. This work describes how performers were dressed in plays by Aeschylus; Sophocles; and Euripides; and explains how the actors performances influenced the cut of their costumes. 53 black-and-white illustrations.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Peels off layers of intellectual BSBy CustomerIntellectuals seem to have the idea that they are not like the rest of us. Their arguments for promoting this idea are analyzed in this book. The works of the intelligentsia are made to speak for themselves and the picture is frequently unpleasant.Generalizations are always problematic and feed into the kinds of false premises and observations Carey exposes in his analysis. The results are potentially as insidious as the programs of the intelligentsia discussed but that potential misuse doesnt detract from the authors opinions. Many artists and intellectuals are dangerously elitist; but so are the prejudices of the classes of people these intellectuals find so distasteful.This is a refreshing expose of ideas and the people who clung so fiercely to them.It is irrefutable that many people; thinkers of whatever quality; shared many of the same prejudices as Hitler and other Fascists. Revealing this unpleasant truth does not disqualify Careys argument or his approach -- as another reviewer argues; saying merely mentioning a polarizing figure like Hitler prejudices the discussion and disqualifies the author because it seems a cheap tactic to demonize the intelligentsia by mentioning their affinities to the ideas of a monster. Carey lets the authors testify through their own writing.Recommended.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Who are the intelligentsia; and what do they read?By Chris UragoThis book analyses the appeal of certain literature to different classes or groups of people. It is a novel survey of cultural tastes of the period.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A really fresh and radical overturning of our complacent view of writers great and smallBy Richard NunezThis is an essay a very excellent one on a subject never covered before . I would very highly recommend it.