{"product_id":"a-homeric-catalogue-of-shapes-charlayn-von-solms-9781350194571","title":"A Homeric Catalogue of Shapes: The Iliad and Odyssey Seen Differently","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the popular imagination, Homer as author of the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey, \u003c\/i\u003e epitomises poetic genius. So, when scholars proposed that the Homeric epics were not the unique creation of an individual author, but instead reflected a traditional compositional system developed by generations of singer-poets, swathes of assumptions about the poems and their 'author' were swept aside and called into question. Much had to be re-evaluated through a new lens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The creative process described by scholars for the Homeric epics shares many key attributes with the modern visual art-forms of collage and its less familiar variant: sculptural assemblage. \u003ci\u003eA Homeric Catalogue of Shapes \u003c\/i\u003edescribes a series of twelve sculptures that together function as an abstract portrait of Homer: not a depiction of him as an individual, but as a compositional system. The technique by which the artworks were produced reflects the poetic method that scholars termed oral-formulaic. In both of these creative processes the artwork is constructed from pre-existing elements: such as phrases, characters, and plot-lines in the epics; and objects, fragmented items, and borrowed forms in the sculptures. The artist\/author presents a largely unknown characterisation of Homeric poetics in a manner that emphasizes the extent and complexity of this Homer's artistry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlayn Von Solms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350194573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350194571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Charlayn Von Solms","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088084185343,"sku":"9781350194571","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7253379b-8fc6-4613-a32a-a2bb08fba28e.jpg?v=1769103020","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-homeric-catalogue-of-shapes-charlayn-von-solms-9781350194571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}