Excursions into Greek and Roman imagery /

Excursions into Greek and Roman imagery /

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Author / Creator:Rystedt, Eva, author.
Imprint:Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2023.
Description:xviii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Classical foundations
Classical foundations.
Subject:
Art, Greek -- Themes, motives.
Art, Ancient -- Greece -- Themes, motives.
Art, Roman -- Themes, motives.
Art and society -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
Art and society -- Rome.
Art, Ancient -- Themes, motives.
Art and society.
Art, Greek -- Themes, motives.
Art, Roman -- Themes, motives.
Greece.
Rome (Empire)
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13013231
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ISBN:9780415409056
0415409055
9780415409063
0415409063
9781003305590
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book provides an enquiry into the distinguishing traits of Greek and Roman figural imagery. A detailed analysis of materials, representing a wide range of media, convey an understanding of the figural imagery of classical antiquity as a whole, counterbalancing studies conducted on single genres. Through in-depth studies of six major production categories - Greek painted pottery, Roman decorated walls, Greek gravestones, Roman sarcophagi, Greek and Roman official sculpture, and Greek and Roman coins - the reader gains insights into the primary media of classical figural imagery. The images are explored within their contextual frameworks, paying attention to both functional purposes and pictorial traditions. Image-viewer relations offer a perspective that is maintained across the chapters. The bottom-up approach and the many genres of imagery discussed provide the basis for an extensive synthesis. Lavishly illustrated with over 100 images, Excursions into Greek and Roman Imagery provides a valuable resource for students of classical antiquity and history of art. The book also offers classical scholars, museum curators, and others interested in classical art a fresh approach to the figural imagery of antiquity"--
Other form:Online version: Rystedt, Eva. Excursions into Greek and Roman imagery Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2023 9781003305590

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