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The Oxford Handbook of Roman Imagery and Iconography offers a comprehensive overview of visual imagery in the Roman world, examined by context and period, and the evolving scholarly traditions of iconographic analysis and visual semiotics that have framed the modern study of these images.
Sommario
- Introduction
- Lea Cline and Nathan T. Elkins
- Method and Theory
- 1 The Creation of an Image
- Annette Haug
- 2 Theoretical Approaches to Roman Imagery and Iconography
- Clare Rowan
- 3 Relationship between Image and Text
- Michael Squire
- 4 Iconography and Archaeology
- Elizabeth Marlowe
- 5 Image and Authority
- Stephan Faust
- 6 Iconography of the Non-iconic
- Anna Anguissola
- Image and Semantics
- 7 Iconography and Style in Republican and Early Imperial Art
- Dominik Maschek
- 8 Iconography and Style in the Late Roman Empire
- Susanna McFadden
- 9 Iconography and Style between Rome and the Provinces
- Vanessa Rousseau and Sarah Lepinski
- Image and Social Practice/Image and Context
- 10 Public Sculpture and Social Practice in the Roman Republic
- Riccardo DiCesare
- 11 Public Sculpture and Social Practice in the Roman Empire
- Elizabeth Wolfram-Thill
- 12 Iconography and Social Practice in the Domestic Sphere
- Silvana Costa
- 13 Coin Iconography and Social Practice in the Roman Republic
- Bernhard Woytek
- 14 Coin Iconography and Social Practice in the Roman Empire
- Fleur Kemmers
- 15 Gems, Cameos, and Social Practice
- Jörn Lang
- 16 Glass, Pottery, and Social Practice
- Manuel Flecker
- 17 Images and Interpretation of 'the Other' in Roman Social Practice
- Lisa Trentin
- 18 Images and Interpretation of Africans in Roman Art and Social Practice
- Sinclair Bell
- 19 Iconography of Early Christian Roman Art
- Sean Leatherbury
- Imagery in Ritual Use
- 20 Religion and Iconography
- Katherine Rask
- 21 Funerary Imagery and Iconography
- Regina Gee
- 22 Judaism and Christianity
- Matthew Grey and Mark Ellison
Info autore
Lea K. Cline is Associate Professor of Art History at Illinois State University.
Nathan T. Elkins is Visiting Research Scholar at the American Numismatic Society and Editor (ancient world) of the American Journal of Numismatics
Riassunto
Imagery and iconography served specific functions in public, private, and ritual spheres in the Roman world. State-sanctioned imagery communicated politically charged ideas through an often-complex pictorial language, composed of emblems and attributes that signaled aspects of policy.
In the private sphere, imagery communicated ethnic, social, and religious identities through specific signs, symbols, and forms, and through the emulation of state-sanctioned art.
This volume focuses primarily on visual imagery in the Roman world, examined by context and period, and the evolving scholarly traditions of iconographic analysis and visual semiotics that have framed the modern study of these images. Among other subjects, essays touch on iconography and style in republican and early imperial art, public sculpture and social practice in the Roman Empire, coin iconography, funerary imagery, imagery in ritual use, and images and interpretation of Africans in Roman art.
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Imagery and Iconography is an important reference work for both the communicative value of images in the Roman world and the tradition of iconographical analysis.
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