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Roman art
- Title
- Roman art / Paul Zanker ; translated by Henry Heitmann-Gordon.
- Author
- Zanker, Paul.
- Publication
- Los Angeles, Calif. : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 214 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Italian.
- Contents
- 1. A new art based on Greek forms. Hellenistic culture changes the lifestyle of Roman aristocrats ; New spaces for images: the villa as the locus of otium ; The sculptures of the Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum ; Opening up worlds of the imagination ; Selecting the best: imitation as cultural destiny ; Popular art? -- 2. The representation of power and prestige: conflicting images. Public art outside Rome ; Competition among the mighty ; Pride in one's own face -- 3. Images of power: dominion and world order in the empire. Imperial portraiture under the empire ; The barbarian and the amphitheater ; Imperial art as a system ; Imperial art and public ceremony: "historical" reliefs ; Official art as "propaganda"? How did the images function? ; Internalizing the cliches of imperial art -- 4. The Roman house as theater of the joys of life. A culture of hospitality and entertainment ; Images and their associations ; Living with myth ; Fantasy worlds ; Costly furnishings -- 5. Tomb and self-image. Memoria and achievement ; Withdrawal from the public gaze ; Mourning, solace, and joie de vivre: the imagery of sarcophagi -- 6. Rome and the empire. A patchwork of cultures ; The ruler-cult and the image of the emperor ; Funerary self-representation in the provinces ; The Greek east remains true to its own traditions ; "Schools" of sculpture -- 7. Toward Late Antiquity. A new image for the emperor ; New images for a changed mentality.
- Call Number
- JQE 13-314
- ISBN
- 1606061011
- 9781606061015
- OCLC
- 806141950
- Author
- Zanker, Paul.
- Title
- Roman art / Paul Zanker ; translated by Henry Heitmann-Gordon.
- Imprint
- Los Angeles, Calif. : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language
- Translated from the Italian.
- Research Call Number
- JQE 13-314