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Product details
- ISBN 9781405192880
- Weight: 1293g
- Dimensions: 175 x 252mm
- Publication Date: 11 Dec 2015
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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).
