A Companion to Roman Art encompasses various artistic genres, ancient contexts, and modern approaches for a comprehensive guide to Roman art. _ Offers comprehensive and original essays on the study of Roman art _ Contributions from distinguished scholars with unrivalled expertise covering a broad range of international approaches _ Focuses on the socio-historical aspects of Roman art, covering several topics that have not been presented in any detail in English _ Includes both close readings of individual art works and general discussions _ Provides an overview of main aspects of the subject and an introduction to current debates in the field…mehr
A Companion to Roman Art encompasses various artistic genres, ancient contexts, and modern approaches for a comprehensive guide to Roman art. _ Offers comprehensive and original essays on the study of Roman art _ Contributions from distinguished scholars with unrivalled expertise covering a broad range of international approaches _ Focuses on the socio-historical aspects of Roman art, covering several topics that have not been presented in any detail in English _ Includes both close readings of individual art works and general discussions _ Provides an overview of main aspects of the subject and an introduction to current debates in the field
Barbara E. Borg is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Exeter. She has published widely on Greek and Roman art and archaeology, including Der Logos des Mythos. Allegorien und Personifikationen in der frühen griechischen Kunst (2002), Paideia: The World of the Second Sophistic (2004), Die antiken Skulupturen in Castle Howard (with H. von Hesberg, A. Linfert, 2005), and A Matter of Life and Death: Towards a Social History of Roman Tombs (forthcoming).
Inhaltsangabe
Notes on Contributors viii
List of Abbreviations xiv
List of Illustrations xv
Introduction 1 Barbara E. Borg
Part I Methods and Approaches 9
1 Defining Roman Art 11 Christopher H. Hallett
2 Roman Historical Representations 34 Tonio Holscher
3 Methodological Approaches to the Dating and Identification of Roman Portraits 52 Klaus Fittschen
4 Roman Art and Gender Studies 71 Natalie Kampen
Part II The Beginnings and End of Roman Art 93
5 Republican Rome and Italic Art 95 Massimiliano Papini
6 Adapting Greek Art 114 Rachel Kousser
7 The Art of Late Antiquity: A Contextual Approach 130 Alessandra Bravi
Part III Producing and Commissioning Roman Art 151
8 Technique and Message in Roman Art 153 Mont Allen
9 Roman Art and the Artist 172 Michael Squire
10 Roman Art and the State 195 Peter J. Holliday
11 "Arte Plebea" and Non?]elite Roman Art 214 Lauren Hackworth Petersen
Part IV Genres 231
12 Roman Portraits 233 Jane Fejfer
13 Wall Painting 252 Katharina Lorenz
14 Mosaics 268 Roger Ling
15 Roman Sarcophagi 286 Michael Koortbojian
16 Decorative Art 301 Friederike Sinn
17 Luxury Arts 321 Kenneth Lapatin
18 Roman Architecture as Art? 344 Edmund Thomas
Part V Contexts 365
Section 1 Roman Art and "Private Space" 367
19 Art in Roman Town Houses 369 Simon Ellis
20 Art in the Roman Villa 388 Richard Neudecker
21 The Decoration of Private Space in the Later Roman Empire 406 Susanne Muth
Section 2 Roman Art and Death 429
22 The Decoration of Roman Tombs 431 Francisca Feraudi?]Gruenais
23 Catacombs and the Beginnings of Christian Tomb Decoration 452 Norbert Zimmermann
Section 3 R oman Art and the Empire 471
24 The Greek East under Rome 473 Roland R.R. Smith
25 The Western Roman Provinces 496 Roger J.A. Wilson
Part VI Themes 531
26 Contextualizing Roman Art and Nature 533 Maureen Carroll
27 Roman Art and Spectacle 552 Zahra Newby
28 Roman Art and Myth 569 Francesco de Angelis
Part VII R eception of Roman Art in the Modern World 585
29 The Myth of Pompeii: Fragments, Frescos, and the Visual Imagination 587 Rosemary J. Barrow
30 Roman Architecture through the Ages 602 Stefan Altekamp
