The Language of Images in Roman Art
, by Tonio Hölscher , Translated by Anthony Snodgrass , Annemarie Künzl-Snodgrass , Foreword by Jas ElsnerNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521665698 | 0521665698
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/29/2004
Tonio Ho lscher develops a new theoretical concept for understanding the Roman art of images by establishing a connection between artistic forms and content and expressions of ideology--such as the glorification of state and ruler, war and triumph. A large role is played here by the reception of earlier images from Greek art. Roman art therefore appears to operate as a semantic system which, from an interdisciplinary perspective, can be compared with the forms of Roman literature as well as the language of images of other cultures.