The Language of Images in Roman Art
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Book Description
Tonio Hölscher develops a new theoretical concept for understanding the Roman art of images by establishing a connection between artistic forms and content and expressions of ideology--such as the glorification of state and ruler, war and triumph. A large role is played here by the reception of earlier images from Greek art. Roman art therefore appears to operate as a semantic system which, from an interdisciplinary perspective, can be compared with the forms of Roman literature as well as the language of images of other cultures.
About the Author
Tonio Hölscher is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Heidelberg. His publications focus on public monuments, political iconography and urbanism in Ancient Greece and Rome and on general art and cultural theory. His is a member of various scientific institutions, including the Academia Europae, London. Anthony Snodgrass is Emeritus Professor of Classical Archaeology in the University of Cambridge whose books include Homer and the Artists (HB 0521 620228; PB 0521 629810). Jas' Elsner is Humfry Payne Senior Research Fellow in Classical Art and Archaeology in the University of Oxford. His books include Art and the Roman Viewer (HB 0521 453542; PB 0521 599520, OP) and Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph (OUP, 1998).
The Language of Images in Roman Art,Jas Elsner,Tonio Hölscher,Anthony Snodgrass,Annemarie Künzl-Snodgrass,Cambridge University Press,0521665698,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Classics,General,History - General,Ancient Rome,Art / General,History of art: BCE to c 500 CE, ancient & classical world
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