Roman Art in the Private Sphere: New Perspectives on the Architecture and Decor of the Domus, Villa, and Insula - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0472034391 ISBN 13: 9780472034390

Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 2010

Synopsis

Presents an impressive case for the social and art historical importance of the paintings, mosaics, and sculptures that filled the private houses of the Roman elite. The essays in this volume range from the first century BCE to the fourth century CE, and from the Italian peninsula to the Eastern Empire and North African provinces, treating works of art that belonged to every major Roman housing type.

About this title

Review:

"For all the authors, attention to the ensemble, a sense of the relation between the formal and the iconographic, and the desire to historicize their material contribute to making this anthology unusual in its rigorous and creative attention to the way that art and architecture participate in the construction of the image of the Roman elite."
--Art Bulletin
--Art Bulletin (04/07/1999)

"This is a stimulating book and should be compulsory reading for all students of Roman art."
--Classical Review
--Classical Review (04/07/1999)

About the Author:

Elaine K. Gazda is Professor of the History of Art and Curator of Hellenistic and Roman Antiquities at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0472034391
• ISBN 13: 9780472034390
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 230
• Editor: Gazda Elaine K.