TY - BOOK ID - 32212530 TI - Theater and spectacle in the art of the Roman Empire PY - 2016 SN - 9780801456886 9780801454059 0801456886 0801454050 PB - Ithaca Cornell University Press DB - UniCat KW - Theater KW - Entertainment events KW - Popular culture KW - Theater in art. KW - Spectacular, The KW - Art, Roman KW - Art and society KW - Théâtre KW - Spectacles et divertissements KW - Culture populaire KW - Théâtre dans l'art KW - Spectaculaire dans l'art KW - Art romain KW - Art et société KW - History. KW - History KW - In art. KW - Themes, motives. KW - Histoire KW - Thèmes, motifs KW - Theatrical science KW - Iconography KW - Antiquity KW - Theater in art KW - Spectacular, The, in art KW - Art KW - Art and sociology KW - Society and art KW - Sociology and art KW - Roman art KW - Classical antiquities KW - Art and theater KW - Culture, Popular KW - Mass culture KW - Pop culture KW - Popular arts KW - Communication KW - Intellectual life KW - Mass society KW - Recreation KW - Culture KW - Amusements KW - Dramatics KW - Histrionics KW - Professional theater KW - Stage KW - Theatre KW - Performing arts KW - Acting KW - Actors KW - Themes, motives KW - Social aspects KW - Theater - Rome - History KW - Entertainment events - Rome - History KW - Popular culture - Rome KW - Art, Roman - Themes, motives KW - Art and society - Rome UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32212530 AB - Theater, spectacle, and performance played significant roles in the political and social structure of the Roman Empire, which was diverse in population and language. A wide and varied range of entertainment was available to a Roman audience: the traditional festivals with their athletic contests and dramatic performances, pantomime and mime, the chariot races of the circus, and the gladiatorial shows and wild beast hunts of the arena. In Theater and Spectacle in the Art of the Roman Empire, which is richly illustrated in color throughout, Katherine M.D. Dunbabin emphasizes the visual evidence for these events. Images of spectacle appear in a wide range of artistic media, from the mosaics and paintings that decorated wealthy private houses to the sculpture of tomb monuments, and from luxury objects such as silver tableware to more humble ceramic lamps and pottery vessels. Dunbabin places the information derived from this visual material into the wider context provided by the written sources, both literary and epigraphic. This allows us to understand the functions that these images served in the social rituals of public and domestic life. By explicating both the social and cultural role of the spectacles themselves and the nature of their representation in art, Dunbabin provides a comprehensive portrait of the popular culture of the period. ER -