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- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Spelling
- Contributors
- Introduction: Advocating a Hermeneutic Approach
- Greek and Roman Theories of Art
- Greek and Roman Architectural Theory
- Greek and Roman specialized Writing on Art and Architecture
- Greek and Roman Images of Art and Architecture
- Greek and Roman Artists
- Greek and Roman Architects
- The Patronage of Greek and Roman Art
- The Patronage of Greek and Roman Architecture
- The Materials and Techniques of Greek and Roman Art
- The Materials and Techniques of Greek and Roman Architecture
- The City in the Greek and Roman World
- The Functions of Greek Art
- The Functions of Roman Art
- Buildings, Images, and Rituals in the Greek World
- Buildings, Images, and Rituals in the Roman World
- The Roman Reception of Greek Art and Architecture
- Roman Art and Architecture in the Provinces and beyond the Roman World
- The Post-Antique Reception of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture
- The Historiography of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture
- Conserving Greek and Roman Architecture
- Displaying Greek and Roman Art in Modern Museums
- Greek and Roman Art and the Debate about Cultural Property
- Connoisseurship
- Formal Approaches
- Iconographical and Iconological Approaches
- Sociohistorical Approaches
- Gender Studies
- Anthropological Approaches
- Theories of Reception
- Semiotics TO Agency
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This book brings together scholars of various generations, nationalities, and backgrounds and their perspectives on Greek and Roman art and architecture. Thirty chapters are organized into five sections, exploring Greek and Roman ideas about art and architecture, as expressed in texts and images. It discusses the social, political, and cultural functions of Greek and Roman images and buildings; what the Greeks and Romans learned from other cultures, especially Egypt and the Near East, regarding production of images and buildings; and the notion of “ancient art theory.” The book introduces the theory of mimesis, the ideas of philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, and how images are related to built environments and rituals. It considers the different approaches used in the study of Greek and Roman art and architecture, from connoisseurship and formal analysis to iconography and iconology, social history, gender studies, anthropology, reception theory, and semiotics and agency.
Keywords: art, architecture, buildings, Greek, iconography, iconology, images, rituals, Roman, theory of mimesis
Clemente Marconi, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
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- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Spelling
- Contributors
- Introduction: Advocating a Hermeneutic Approach
- Greek and Roman Theories of Art
- Greek and Roman Architectural Theory
- Greek and Roman specialized Writing on Art and Architecture
- Greek and Roman Images of Art and Architecture
- Greek and Roman Artists
- Greek and Roman Architects
- The Patronage of Greek and Roman Art
- The Patronage of Greek and Roman Architecture
- The Materials and Techniques of Greek and Roman Art
- The Materials and Techniques of Greek and Roman Architecture
- The City in the Greek and Roman World
- The Functions of Greek Art
- The Functions of Roman Art
- Buildings, Images, and Rituals in the Greek World
- Buildings, Images, and Rituals in the Roman World
- The Roman Reception of Greek Art and Architecture
- Roman Art and Architecture in the Provinces and beyond the Roman World
- The Post-Antique Reception of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture
- The Historiography of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture
- Conserving Greek and Roman Architecture
- Displaying Greek and Roman Art in Modern Museums
- Greek and Roman Art and the Debate about Cultural Property
- Connoisseurship
- Formal Approaches
- Iconographical and Iconological Approaches
- Sociohistorical Approaches
- Gender Studies
- Anthropological Approaches
- Theories of Reception
- Semiotics TO Agency
- Index
