The language of images in Roman art
By: Tonio Hölscher ; translated by Anthony Snodgrass and Annemarie Künzl-Snodgrass ; with a foreword by Jaś Elsner.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
Subjects: Art, Roman; Symbolism in art -- Rome
Description: This work develops a new theoretical concept for the understanding of the Roman art of images. It establishes a connection between artistic forms and content and expressions of ideology, such as the glorification of state and ruler, war and triumph.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-147) and index.
Translated from the German.