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Book SynopsisThe study of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture has a long history that goes back to the second half of the 18th century and has provided an essential contribution towards the creation and the definition of the wider disciplines of Art History and Architectural History. This venerable tradition and record are in part responsible for the diffused tendency to avoid general discussions addressing the larger theoretical implications, methodologies, and directions of research in the discipline. This attitude is in sharp contrast not only with the wider field of Art History, but also with disciplines that are traditionally associated with the study of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture, like Classics and Classical Archaeology. In recent years, the field has been characterized by an ever-increasing range of approaches, under the influence of various disciplines such as Sociology, Semiotics, Gender Theory, Anthropology, Reception Theory, and Hermeneutics. In light of these recent developme
Trade Review...the volume is much broader, more political, cultural, social and theoretical than aesthetical * Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, Ancient West and East (AWE) *
Table of ContentsContributors ; Abbreviations and Spelling Norms ; Introduction ; Clemente Marconi ; Part I Pictures from the Inside ; 1. Greek and Roman Theories of Art ; Deborah Steiner ; 2. Greek and Roman Architectural Theory ; Mark Wilson Jones ; 3. Greek and Roman Specialized Writing on Art and Architecture ; Francesco de Angelis ; 4. Greek and Roman Images of Art and Architecture ; Maryl Gensheimer ; Part II Greek and Roman Art and Architecture in the Making ; 5. Greek and Roman Artists ; Rainer Vollokommer ; 6. Greek and Roman Architects ; Henner von Hesberg ; 7. The Patronage of Greek and Roman Art ; Eric Varner ; 8. The Patronage of Greek and Roman Architecture ; Bonna Wescoat ; 9. The Materials and Techniques of Greek and Roman Art ; Kenneth Lapatin ; 10. The Materials, and Techniques of Greek and Roman Architecture ; Pier Luigi Tucci ; Part III Ancient Contexts ; 11. The City in the Greek and Roman World ; Jamieson C. Donati ; 12. The Functions of Greek Art ; Olga Palagia ; 13. The Functions of Roman Art ; Paul Zanker ; 14. Buildings, Images, and Rituals in the Greek World ; Joannis Mylonopoulos ; 15. Buildings, Images, and Rituals in the Roman World ; Richard Neudecker ; 16. The Roman Reception of Greek Art and Architecture ; Rachel Kousser ; 17. Roman Art and Architecture in the Provinces and beyond the Roman World ; Natalie Kampen ; Part IV Post-Antique Contexts ; 18. The Post-Antique Reception of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture ; Lucia Faedo ; 19. The Historiography of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture ; Alice A. Donohue ; 20. Conserving Greek and Roman Architecture ; John H. Stubbs ; 21. Displaying Greek and Roman Art and Architecture in Modern Museums ; Beth Cohen ; 22. Greek and Roman Art and the Debate about Cultural Property ; Margaret M. Miles ; Part V Approaches ; 23. Connoisseurship ; Adolf H. Borbein ; 24. Formal Approaches ; Christian Kunze ; 25. Iconographical and Iconological Approaches ; Cornelia Isler-Kerenyi ; 26. Socio-Historical Approaches ; Burkhard Fehr ; 27. Gender Studies ; Caroline Vout ; 28. Anthropological Approaches ; Gloria Ferrari ; 29. Theories of Reception ; Michael Squire ; 30. Semiotics to Agency ; Tonio Holscher ; Index
