Roman art and architecture
By: Sir Mortimer Wheeler.
Series: World of art library : History of art
Publisher: Thames and Hudson; F. A. Praeger; Thames & Hudson
Published: 1964
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Art, Roman.
Description: "The author discusses the many diverse qualities of Roman art in terms of its development within Italy and the Empire, but offers as well a perceptive and original account of the cross-currents between Rome and the East. His history is enhanced by hundreds of imaginatively chosen reproductions, which have been specially selected to accompany each section of the text -- brilliant and faithful photographs of Rome's great temples, palaces, circuses, viaducts, frescoes and scuptures, and even of the Romans' daily utensils and pottery." -- Book jacket.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 237.

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