Roman art : a guide through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection / Paul Zanker, Seán Hemingway, Christopher S. Lightfoot, Joan R. Mertens ; translations by Alan Shapiro.
"The collection of Roman art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the finest in the world. It contains more than 5,000 objects, including exquisite cameos, refined silver vessels and utensils, spectacular Pompeiian frescoes, monumental sculptures in stone and bronze and elaborate sarcoph...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Roman copies and adaptations of Greek sculpture / Seán Hemingway
- The decoration of house and villa / Paul Zanker
- Luxury art / Christopher S. Lightfoot
- Shrines of the lares and offerings to other divinities / Paul Zanker
- Roman Egyptomania / Christopher S. Lightfoot
- Tombs and funerary monuments / Paul Zanker
- Imperial and private portraits / Paul Zanker
- Gladiatorial games, sports, and the military / Paul Zanker
- Architectural elements / Paul Zanker
- A selection of Roman works and their modern histories / Joan R. Mertens.