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Roman art / Paul Zanker ; translated by Henry Heitmann-Gordon.

Zanker, Paul, (author.). Heitmann-Gordon, Henry, (translator.). J. Paul Getty Museum, (publisher.).

Summary:

"Paul Zanker rejects the approach of previous studies that have sought to identify an indigenous, or "national," Roman art, distinct from Greek art, and that in the process have neglected the large body of Roman work which involved the creative recycling of Greek artworks. Zanker begins his analysis at the point where the characteristic features of "Roman art" started to emerge, when the Romans began to encounter Hellenistic culture through their conquest of Greek lands in the third century B.C. With the Hellenization of Roman society, the culture's values and political structures changed, as did the character of the images it generated. Over time the Romans created a broad repertoire of easy-to-read key images which was drawn on by artists throughout the empire in creating a wide range of visual displays"--Page 4 of cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781606061015
ISBN: 1606061011
Physical Description: ix, 214 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 24 cm
Publisher: Los Angeles, California : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2012]
Copyright: ©2010

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published in Italian as Arte Romana (Rome-Bari : Gius, Laterza & Figli SpA, 2008).
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-197) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A new art based on Greek forms -- The representation of power and prestige: conflicting images -- Images of power: dominion and world order in the Empire -- The Roman house as theater of the joys of life -- Tomb and self-image -- Rome and the Empire -- Toward late antiquity.