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"[Any] omissions do nothing to detract from the theoretical richness and the numerous insights that fill all the pages of this deeply suggestive and wonderfully dense work of scholarship." * Gnomon *

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations • vii
Periods of Greek and Roman History • xv
Acknowledgments • xvii

Introduction. Visuality and Viewing in Ancient Greece and Rome • 1
1. Space, Action, and Images • 15
2. Time, Memory, and Images • 97
3. Person, Identity, and Images • 153
4. The Dignity of Reality • 206
5. Representation • 257
6. Decor • 304

Notes • 341
Illustration Credits • 389

Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 22 June 2018
      ISBN-13 9780520294936
      978-0520294936
      ISBN-10 0520294939
      Also in:
      European history European history: the Romans General and world history

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "[Any] omissions do nothing to detract from the theoretical richness and the numerous insights that fill all the pages of this deeply suggestive and wonderfully dense work of scholarship." * Gnomon *

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations • vii
      Periods of Greek and Roman History • xv
      Acknowledgments • xvii

      Introduction. Visuality and Viewing in Ancient Greece and Rome • 1
      1. Space, Action, and Images • 15
      2. Time, Memory, and Images • 97
      3. Person, Identity, and Images • 153
      4. The Dignity of Reality • 206
      5. Representation • 257
      6. Decor • 304

      Notes • 341
      Illustration Credits • 389

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