Greek myths in Roman art and culture : imagery, values and identity in Italy, 50 BC-AD 250 /

"Images of episodes from Greek mythology are widespread in Roman art, appearing in sculptural groups, mosaics, paintings and reliefs. They attest to Rome's enduring fascination with Greek culture, and its desire to absorb and reframe that culture for new ends. This book provides a comprehe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newby, Zahra (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Colección:Greek culture in the Roman world.
Temas:
Mythology > Greek, in art.
Art, Roman > Greek influences.
Art, Roman > Themes, motives.
Mythology, Greek, in art.
Mythologie grecque dans l'art.
Art romain > Influence grecque.
Art romain > Thèmes, motifs.
ART > History > Ancient & Classical.
ART > History > General.
Art, Roman > Themes, motives
Civilization > Greek influences
Mythology, Greek, in art
Rome > Civilization > Greek influences.
Rome (Empire)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Greek myths, Roman lives
  • Art and power in the public sphere
  • Recreating myth in the Roman villa
  • Paideia, rhetoric and self-representation: responses to mythological wall-paintings
  • Mythological wall-paintings in the Roman house
  • From home to tomb: myths in the funerary realm
  • The rhetoric of mythological sarcophagi: praise, lament and consolation
  • Epilogue: the Roman past, the culture of exemplarity and a new role for Greek myth.

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