The art and ritual of antiquity. Harrison J.E.

Jane Ellen Harrison, one of the first women who studied ancient literature at the University of Cambridge, enjoyed the respect of the scientific community around the world thanks to the works of the Greek religion. In those days when the study of texts was often considered the only means of comprehending ancient religions, Jane Harrison managed to expand the horizons of research using materials and ideas gleaned from archeology, art history and comparative anthropology. In her opinion, religion is first of all something done, and words and thoughts come later.

It is offered to your attention Jane Harrison's book “The Art and Ritual of Antiquity”, dedicated to the anthropological search for the origins of religion and mythology of Greece.

“The main message of this book is that the ritual and art have a common root emotionally to life, and besides, that primitive art under normal conditions develops, at least in the case of drama, directly from Ritual ".