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This book develops a new 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.

Art, Roman. --- Symbolism in art --- Culture dans l'art --- Culture in art --- Cultuur in de kunst --- Symbolism in art - Rome --- Rome - History - Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D - Antiquities --- Art, Roman --- Allegory (Art) --- Signs and symbols in art --- Art --- Roman art --- Classical antiquities --- Symbolisme dans l'art --- Art romain --- Rome --- Art [Roman ] --- History --- Rome - History - Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. - Antiquities