Main entry:

Andreae, Bernard.

Title & Author:

The art of Rome / Bernard Andreae ; translated from the German by Robert Erich Wolf.

Publication:

New York : H.N. Abrams, 1977.

Description:

655 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 631-645) and index.
"These are imperial arts, and worthy thee" -- The Rise of Rome: Toward political hegemony -- The Roman revolution: Toward artisitc hegemony -- The Age of Augustus -- The Julio-Claudian house -- The Flavian House -- Nerva and Trajan -- Hadrian and Antoninus pius -- Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Vercus, CommodusL The last of the Antonines -- The Severan Dynasty -- The 6Soldier-Emperors -- The Tetrarchy and the triumph of Chrisitanity under Constantine the Great -- Rome (Roma) -- Italia and Sicilia -- The Western Provinces: Hispania, Gallia, Germania, Britannia -- Illyricum, Magedonia, Achaia, Epirus -- Asia -- Syria, Judaea, Arabia -- Africa -- Events in Roman History -- Imperial Genealogies -- Biographical Information.
Translation of: Römische Kunst.

Summary:

"The art of the Romans was, above everything else, an art of organization. This volume amply displays the unique quality of Roman art—as the expression of a complex political system that encompassed geographical areas stretching across Europe, England, North Africa, and large regions of Asia. Although it is impossible to include all of Roman art in one volume (coins, for example, are not dealt with fully herein), the present book encompasses more of Roman art—in its incisive text, 900 illustrations and supplementary materials—than any previous work ever published. Written by the internationally known scholar and teacher Bernard Andreae, The Art of Roman is divided into five separate but interrelated parts. In the major text, the art of the Romans is described chronologically as it reflects political, social, economic, and cultural forces in the Roman state, both the Republic and the Empire. Biographies and portraits of the Roman rulers—dictators and emperors—open each chapter, and this text is buttressed by 159 superb full-page colorplates. They vividly illustrate the splendid temples, palaces, forums, baths, tombs, sculpture, and wall paintings that served as expressions of grandeur—and sometimes propaganda—for successive rulers. Black-and-white documentary photographs, grouped together in the second part, present the major artistic ensembles characteristic of Roman art—the great architectural complexes, relief cycles, sarcophagi, wall paintings, and portrait busts—in never-before-attempted completeness. Architecture and urban planning receive similar comprehensive treatment in the third part of the text, plans, photographs, and maps. More than 50 important archaeological sites throughout the far-flung Empire, beginning with the city of Rome itself, are studied in detail. The remaining parts of this volume provide a description of the architectural techniques and types employed by the Romans, and a lexicon that furnishes the reader with information useful in understanding the history and art of the Romans. The lexicon provides, for example, a chronological history of Rome; three genealogical tables; a list of the important Roman gods; biographical information on important Roman painters, sculptors, architects, and writers; and a glossary of terms used throughout the volume. A comprehensive bibliography and an index round out the volume. In completeness, soundness of scholarship, and visual beauty, The Art of Rome is unsurpassed. Never before has the grandeur of ancient Rome during its millennium of power received such magnificent scope in any publication." -- Publisher.

ISBN:

0810906260
9780810906266

Subject:

Art, Roman.
Art romain.
Roman art.
Roman art, collection of.

Added entries:

Wolf, Robert Erich, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 59035
Call No.: IDX; ID:85-B6436
Status: Available