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Paperback. Condizione: New. New trade softcover in glossy printed wraps. 8vo. (6 x 9 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes glossary, chronology, references, index, and photos. xxxiii, 151 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. This book develops a new theory for the understanding of Roman pictorial art. By treating Roman art as a semantic system it establishes a connection between artistic forms and the ideological messages contained within. The history of Roman art traditionally followed the model of a sequence of stylistic phases affecting the works of their era in the manner of a uniform Zeitgeist. In contrast, the author shows different stylistic forms being used for different themes and messages. This leads to the reception of Greek models, a basic phenomenon of Roman art, appearing in a new light. The formulations of specific messages are established from Greek art types of different eras: Classical forms for the grandeur of the state, for example. Different stylistic forms from the Greek past serve to express Roman ideological values. In this way a conceptual and comprehensible pictorial language arose, uniting the multicultural population of the Roman state.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 151 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 225 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 151 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.