{"product_id":"time-and-cosmos-in-greco-roman-alexander-r-jones-9780691174402","title":"Time and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Greeks and Romans lived according to a distinctively Hellenic conception of time as an aspect of cosmic order and regularity. Appropriating ideas from Egypt and the Near East, the Greeks integrated them into a cosmological framework governed by mathematics and linking the cycles of the heavenly bodies to the human environment. From their cosmology they derived instruments for measuring and tracking the passage of time that were sophisticated embodiments of scientific reasoning and technical craft, meant not solely for the study of specialists and connoisseurs but for the public gaze. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e, the accompanying catalogue for the exhibition at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, explores through thematic essays and beautiful illustrations the practical as well as the artistic, ideological, and spiritual role of time technology and time imagery in the Mediterranean civilizations. Highlights among the more than one hundred objects from the exhibition include marvelously inventive sundials and portable timekeeping devices, stone and ceramic calendars, zodiac boards for displaying horoscopes, and mosaics, sculptures, and coins that reflect ancient perceptions of the controlling power of time and the heavens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include James Evans, Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum, Stephan Heilen, Alexander Jones, Daryn Lehoux, Karlheinz Schaldach, John Steele, and Bernhard Weisser. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Dates: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e October 19, 2016-April 23, 2017 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCover photograph (c) Bruce M. White, 201?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander R. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691174407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691174402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 9.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Alexander R. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46825742827775,"sku":"9780691174402","price":64.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c663746-e340-429f-9ea5-fe9e5139d728.jpg?v=1746073496","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/time-and-cosmos-in-greco-roman-alexander-r-jones-9780691174402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}