Research Catalog

Title

The art of ancient spectacle / edited by Bettina Bergmann and Christine Kondoleon.

Publication

Washington : National Gallery of Art ; London : Yale University Press (distributor), 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Kondoleon, Christine.
• Bergmann, Bettina Ann.
• National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
• Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (U.S.)

Description

374 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Series Statement

• Studies in the history of art, 0091-7338 ; 56
• Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts : Symposium papers ; 34

Uniform Title

• Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.) ; v. 56.
• Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.). Symposium papers ; 34.

Subject

• Arts and society > Mediterranean Region > Congresses
• Entertainment events > Mediterranean Region > History > Congresses
• Arts, Classical > Mediterranean Region > Congresses

Note

• Conference papers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Tragedy and the spectacle of the mind : messenger speeches, actors, narrative, and audience imagination in fourth-century BCE vase painting / J.R. Green -- The king on stage / Henner von Hesberg -- The cultural politics of public spectacle in Rome and the Greek East, 167-166 BCE / Jonathan C. Edmondson -- Hellenistic images of spectacle, from Alexander to Augustus / Ann Kuttner -- Negotiating Roman spectacle architecture in the Greek world : Athens and Corinth / Katherine Welch -- Funera Tusca : reality and representation in archaic Tarquinian painting / Mario Torelli -- The observed of all observers : spectacle, applause, and cultural poetics in the Roman theater audience / Holt N. Parker -- Does Caesar mime? / Nicholas Purcell -- The games of Flora / T.P. Wiseman -- The city is a living thing : the performative role of an urban site in ancient Rome, the Vallis Murcia / Diane Favro -- "Let the trumpets roar!" : the Roman triumph / Richard Brilliant -- "Informers" on parade / Kathleen M. Coleman -- Processional colors / Christopher Jones -- Death on display : looking at Roman funerals / John Bodel -- The spectacle on the street / Barbara Kellum -- Performing culture : Roman spectacle and the banquets of the powerful / John H. D'Arms -- Timing spectacles : Roman domestic art and performance / Christine Kondoleon -- "In the temple of laughter" : visual and literary representations of spectators at Roman games / Richard Lim.

Call Number

JQZ 12-1812

ISBN

0300077335

LCCN

00689107

OCLC

43408700

Title

The art of ancient spectacle / edited by Bettina Bergmann and Christine Kondoleon.

Imprint

Washington : National Gallery of Art ; London : Yale University Press (distributor), 1999.

Series

Studies in the history of art, 0091-7338 ; 56

Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts : Symposium papers ; 34

Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.) ; v. 56.

Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.). Symposium papers ; 34.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Kondoleon, Christine.

Bergmann, Bettina Ann.

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (U.S.)

Research Call Number

JQZ 12-1812