Overview

Donald Strong's book traces the development of Roman art from its beginnings to the end of the 4th century A.D., embracing the monuments of the Republic and then of the later Roman world, which extended from Britain to Mesopotamia and from the Rhine and Danube to North Africa. A special virtue is the demonstration of how all the arts of a given period combine to mirror its social, cultural, and ideological character. Roger Ling and a panel of other authorities have supplied full notes, furnishing references for research undertaken both before and after first publication. The bibliography, too, has been updated.

Full Product Details

Author:   Donald Strong
Publisher:   Yale University Press
Imprint:   Yale University Press
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.10cm
Weight:   0.634kg
ISBN:  

9780300052930

ISBN 10:   0300052936
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   31 December 1995
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The beginnings. Part 2 The mid and late republic: early coinage; early terracottas and bronzes; the influence of Greek art; Roman art in the second and early first centuries BC; early portraits and reliefs. Part 3 Decorative arts, artists and patrons in the late republic: interior decoration; Greek artists and Roman patrons; republican wall painting. Part 4 The transition to the empire and Augustus (31 BC - AD 14): art and the dynasts; late republican relief sculpture; the ara pacis Augustae; Augustan portraiture; other works of Augustan commemorative art; Augustan metalwork, gems, painting and mosaics. Part 5 The Julio-Claudians (AD 14-68): relief sculpture; portraiture; provincial art; Sperlonga and villa decoration; the golden house of Nero; funerary art. Part 6 The Flavians (AD 69-98): relief sculpture; interior decoration and portraiture; funerary art. Part 6 Trajan (AD 98-117): Trajan's forum, column and Great Frieze ; the arch at Benevento and other public monuments; portraiture; art in the provinces; sarcophagi. Part 8 Hadrian (AD 117-38): portraiture and imperial taste; relief sculpture; interior decoration; sarcophagi. Part 9 The Antonines (AD 138-92): the base of Antoninus Pius' column; sarcophagi; portraiture; Aurelian relief panels; sarcophagi; the column of Marcus Aurelius; portraiture; art in the provinces. Part 10 The Severans (AD 193-235): relief sculpture in Rome and North Africa; portraiture; sarcophagi; interior decoration; early Christian painting; mosaics in Italy and the provinces; art in the provinces; art at Dura Europos. Part 11 The 3rd century (AD 238-84): portraiture; villa decoration; coin types; the classical tradition; sarcophagi; Christian and Jewish art. Part 12 The Tetrarchs (AD 293-311): the imperial image; public monuments; art in the provinces; Piazza Armerina; porphyry sculpture; S. Costanza. Part 13 Constantine the Great (AD 311-37): the arch of Constantine; the imperial image; painting and mosaics; Christian sarcophagi; catacomb painting; Constantinople. Part 14 The 4th century after Constantine the Great: classicism; luxury crafts; imperial portraiture; Christian sarcophagi; New Rome; private portraiture; mosaics.

Reviews

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions