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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jaś Elsner |
ISBN: | 019284265X 9780192842657 0192842013 9780192842015 |
OCLC Number: | 40751407 |
Description: | xvi, 297 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Ch. 1. Introduction -- pt. I. Images and Power. Ch. 2. A Visual Culture. Ch. 3. Art and Imperial Power -- pt. II. Images and Society. Ch. 4. Art and Social Life. Ch. 5. Centre and Periphery. Ch. 6. Art and Death -- pt. III. Images and Transformation. Ch. 7. Art and the Past: Antiquarian Eclecticism. Ch. 8. Art and Religion. Ch. 9. Art and Culture: Cost, Value, and the Discourse of Art -- Afterword: Some Futures of Christian Art. |
Series Title: | Oxford history of art. |
Responsibility: | Jaś Elsner. |
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An investigation of the role of the visual arts as both reflections and agents of the changes of late antiquity. It tackles the periods of the "Second Sophistic" and the era of the conversion to Christianity, exploring forms of art in relation to issues such as power, death and acculturation.
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a highly individual work ... wonderful visual and comparative analysis ... I can think of no other general book on Roman art that deals so elegantly and informatively with the theme of visuality and visual desire. Professor Natalie Boymel Kampen, Barnard College, New York exciting and original ... a vibrant impression of creative energy and innovation held in constant tension by the persistence of more traditional motifs and techniques. Elsner constantly surprises and intrigues the reader by approaching familiar material in new ways. Professor Averil Cameron, Keble College, Oxford Read more...
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