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The language of images in Roman art

Tonio Hölscher ; translated by Anthony Snodgrass and Annemarie Künzl-Snodgrass ; with a foreword by Jaś Elsner

Cambridge University Press, 2004

  • : pbk

タイトル別名

Römische Bildsprache als semantisches System

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Translated from the German

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This book, first published in 2004, develops a theory for the understanding of Roman pictorial art. By treating Roman art as a semantic system it establishes a connection between artistic forms and the ideological messages contained within. The history of Roman art traditionally followed the model of a sequence of stylistic phases affecting the works of their era in the manner of a uniform Zeitgeist. By contrast, the author shows different stylistic forms being used for different themes and messages. The reception of Greek models, a key phenomenon of Roman art, thus appear in a new light. The formulations of specific messages are established from Greek art types of different eras serving to express Roman ideological values: classical forms for the grandeur of the state, Hellenistic forms for the struggling effort of warfare. In this way a conceptual and comprehensible pictorial language arose, uniting the multicultural population of the Roman state.

目次

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Greek paradigm: example for lifestyle, academic subject, or building block of imperial culture?
  • 3. The monuments: questions, categories, theses
  • 4. Battle-scenes: the tradition of Hellenistic pathos
  • 5. Battle-scenes: their reception in Rome
  • 6. State ceremonial: the tradition of Classical dignity
  • 7. The semantic system: the elements and their use
  • 8. The semantic system: premises and structure
  • 9. The origins of the system: dynamics and statics
  • 10. Language of imagery and style
  • 11. Formal system and style in the theory of rhetoric and of imagery
  • 12. Conclusion: language of imagery and culture of empire
  • Bibliography, supplementary bibliography.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA69966747
  • ISBN
    • 0521662001
    • 0521665698
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 原本言語コード
    ger
  • 出版地
    Cambridge
  • ページ数/冊数
    xxxv, 151 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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