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The Language of Images in Roman Art

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Tonio Hölscher develops a new theoretical concept for understanding the Roman art of images by establishing a connection between artistic forms and content and expressions of ideology--such as the glorification of state and ruler, war and triumph. A large role is played here by the reception of earlier images from Greek art. Roman art therefore appears to operate as a semantic system which, from an interdisciplinary perspective, can be compared with the forms of Roman literature as well as the language of images of other cultures.

188 pages, Hardcover

First published November 29, 2004

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May 21, 2023
Ho imparato di più da questo libro che tutti i manuali di Storia dell'arte antica che ho mai letto. D'altra parte, se non li avessi letti, non avrei capito nulla di questo libro. Lettura rapida, gradevole e molto utile, ma per lettori già iniziati alle grandi linea della storia dell'arte romana, e sopratutto greca.
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April 27, 2025
"In sostanza, i valori della riflessione artistica si innalzavano chiaramente al di sopra della sfera della impressioni sensoriali, entrandro nell'ambito degli ideali estici. Cosí a quello relativo alla realtà del vivere storico, i cui eventi venivano similmente intesi come realizzazioni de modelli generali di comportamento etico". I punch.

Un llibre sobre la semàntica visual de l'art romà exposada de manera clara i concisa i, sobretot, des d'un punt de vista necessari.
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