A History of Roman Art

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John Wiley & Sons, 16 dec 2014 - 408 pagina's

A History of Roman Art provides a wide-ranging survey of the subject from the founding of Rome to the rule of Rome's first Christian emperor, Constantine. Incorporating the most up-to-date information available on the topic, this new textbook explores the creation, use, and meaning of art in the Roman world.

  • Extensively illustrated with 375 color photographs and line drawings
  • Broadly defines Roman art to include the various cultures that contributed to the Roman system
  • Focuses throughout on the overarching themes of Rome's cultural inclusiveness and art's important role in promoting Roman values
  • Discusses a wide range of Roman painting, mosaic, sculpture, and decorative arts, as well as architecture and associated sculptures within the cultural contexts they were created and developed
  • Offers helpful and instructive pedagogical features for students, such as timelines; key terms defined in margins; a glossary; sidebars with key lessons and explanatory material on artistic technique, stories, and ancient authors; textboxes on art and literature, art from the provinces, and important scholarly perspectives; and primary sources in translation
  • A book companion website is available at www.wiley.com/go/romanart with the following resources: PowerPoint slides, glossary, and timeline

Steven Tuck is the 2014 recipient of the American Archaeological Association's Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award.

 

Geselecteerde pagina's

Inhoudsopgave

tHe JulioClaudians 1468 ce
145
tHe flavians 6996 ce
178
traJan and Hadrian 98138 ce
211
antonine emPerors 138192 ce
245
Civil War and severan dynasty
273
tHe tHird Century and tHe tetrarCHy
301
Coin Portraits of the Third Century ce
309
Imperial Architecture
320
Constantine 306337 ce
334
Glossary
363
introduCtion to roman
1
regal Period 753509 BCe 18
18
3
48
4
77
5
113
vii
118

Conclusion
330
Copyright

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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen

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Over de auteur (2014)

Steven L. Tuck is Professor and Chair of Classics at Miami University. In 2012, he received the E. Phillips Knox award, Miami University's highest honor for innovative and effective undergraduate teaching. He is the author of Latin Inscriptions in the Kelsey Museum: The Dennison and De Criscio Collections (2006).

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelA History of Roman Art
AuteurSteven L. Tuck
UitgeverJohn Wiley & Sons, 2014
ISBN1118885430, 9781118885437
Lengte408 pagina's
  
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