"Ancient Art and Ritual" by Jane Ellen Harrison is a study that looks at how art and ritual are connected, written in the early 1900s. The book wonders how these different fields are linked and how knowing their roots can reveal ideas about today's world. Focusing on things like Greek plays, the book tries to explain how art relates to spiritual beliefs and community habits. It starts by suggesting art and ritual, while now different, began together from ancient human needs. Harrison starts with Greek theater at Dionysos festivals, noting the sacred feeling of being there and seeing the plays, and highlighting the importance of ritual acts in past cultures. She uses examples from ancient societies to show how art grew out of rituals. By stating that art and ritual are based on expressed emotions, Harrison gives a strong way to see the historical value of art practices.
Ancient Art and Ritual
By Jane Ellen Harrison
Uncover the intertwined origins of artistic expression and sacred customs, where ancient performances were acts of worship.
Summary
About the AuthorJane Ellen Harrison was a British classical scholar and linguist. With Karl Kerenyi and Walter Burkert, Harrison is one of the founders of modern studies in Ancient Greek religion and mythology. She applied 19th-century archaeological discoveries to the interpretation of ancient Greek religion in ways that have become standard. She has also been credited with being the first woman to obtain a post in England as a 'career academic'. Harrison argued for women's suffrage but thought she would never want to vote herself. Ellen Wordsworth Crofts, later second wife of Sir Francis Darwin, was Jane Harrison's best friend from her student days at Newnham, and during the period from 1898 to her death in 1928.
Jane Ellen Harrison was a British classical scholar and linguist. With Karl Kerenyi and Walter Burkert, Harrison is one of the founders of modern studies in Ancient Greek religion and mythology. She applied 19th-century archaeological discoveries to the interpretation of ancient Greek religion in ways that have become standard. She has also been credited with being the first woman to obtain a post in England as a 'career academic'. Harrison argued for women's suffrage but thought she would never want to vote herself. Ellen Wordsworth Crofts, later second wife of Sir Francis Darwin, was Jane Harrison's best friend from her student days at Newnham, and during the period from 1898 to her death in 1928.
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