The Renaissance of the Greek Ideal - Old Books 01

In this new, periodical series, I will bring you insights gain from old, mostly forgotten books on gesture, posture, oratory, and related fields. In this first installment, we look at The Renaissance of the Greek Ideal, published in 1914. Diana Watts, the unique and intrepid author, presents her ideas surrounding the training that Ancient Greeks used to develop their impressive physiques.

To read the book online, you can follow this link: https://archive.org/details/renaissan...

Some images in this video were originally produced by Jeando Masoero.


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"At the beginning of the last chapter, I said that the first thing the Greek child learned when it went to the Palaestra was, how to attain in its muscles a condition that rendered the whole body master of itself on the instant.

This condition was one of complete Tension."

Diana Watts