Introduction: In the Comfort of Perpetual Abandonment |
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Authors: | Kostis Kourelis |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Art and Art History, Franklin and Marshall College, PO Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003, USA |
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Abstract: | Central to the notion of modernity has been a historical loss of meaning and a resulting state of melancholy. An abandoned
classical landscape allows for repeated inspiration and the possibility of rebirth after the rupture. Archaeological field
survey has shown that the Greek countryside has been stable in only one way, a perpetual cycle of abandonment and re-habitation
from prehistory to the present. This rhythm of eternal return differs from the catastrophe of a single golden age. Rather
than producing anxiety, the trope of endless abandonment annuls the drama of collapse and comforts the modern psyche. The
Greek countryside, thus, provides unique fodder for modernity’s historical posturing. |
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