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| #1240069 in Books | Cambridge University Press | 1998-11-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.96 x.71 x6.97l, | File type: PDF | 176 pages | ||1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| good|By VB|Hod to have this book for my Roman Art History class and it's actually a nice text book. Written nice and engaging, which is rare compared to most college text books that make you want to fall asleep.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Same book, different title and cover.|By Geoff Bale|By the way, th|From Library Journal|D'Ambra goes beyond basic stylistic analyses to use Roman art in the study of Roman identity. In each monument, sculpture, garden, or painting, he finds clues about the patron or subject of the work. Well-known monuments and those less well
In this refreshing reappraisal of the art and architecture of ancient Rome, Eve D'Ambra focuses on the personal, social and cultural identity of its subjects. The acquisition of art, whether the purchase of copies of Greek statuary, the construction of a sumptuous villa or the commissioning of a portrait head, played a crucial role in Roman society in which displays of wealth and culture were necessary to gain and maintain power. The question of identity is key to unders...
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