TY - BOOK ID - 121377079 TI - Excursions into Greek and Roman imagery PY - 2023 SN - 9780415409056 0415409055 9780415409063 0415409063 1003305598 1000632040 1000632105 1003305598 PB - Abingdon Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Art, Greek KW - Art, Ancient KW - Art, Roman KW - Art and society KW - Themes, motives KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:121377079 AB - "This book provides an enquiry into the distinguishing traits of Greek and Roman figural imagery. A detailed analysis of materials, representing a wide range of media, convey an understanding of the figural imagery of classical antiquity as a whole, counterbalancing studies conducted on single genres. Through in-depth studies of six major production categories - Greek painted pottery, Roman decorated walls, Greek gravestones, Roman sarcophagi, Greek and Roman official sculpture, and Greek and Roman coins - the reader gains insights into the primary media of classical figural imagery. The images are explored within their contextual frameworks, paying attention to both functional purposes and pictorial traditions. Image-viewer relations offer a perspective that is maintained across the chapters. The bottom-up approach and the many genres of imagery discussed provide the basis for an extensive synthesis. Lavishly illustrated with over 100 images, Excursions into Greek and Roman Imagery provides a valuable resource for students of classical antiquity and history of art. The book also offers classical scholars, museum curators, and others interested in classical art a fresh approach to the figural imagery of antiquity"-- ER -