Roman art

Resource Information

The work Roman art represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Roman art

Statement of responsibility

Eve D'Ambra

Creator

• D'Ambra, Eve, 1956-

Subject

• Architecture, Roman
• Art and society -- Rome
• Art patronage -- Rome
• Art, Roman

Language

eng

Summary

"In this reappraisal of the art and architecture of ancient Rome, Eve D'Ambra focuses on the personal, social and cultural identity of its subjects. The acquisition of art, whether the purchase of copies of Greek statuary, the construction of a sumptuous villa or the commissioning of a portrait head, played a crucial role in Roman society in which displays of wealth and culture were necessary to gain and maintain power. The question of identity is key to understanding the nature of the Roman empire, which seemed infinitely expandable at its peak, welcomed foreigners to become Romans, freed slaves to citizen status and allowed social mobility within a strictly hierarchical social order."--Jacket

Cataloging source

NcGU

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

N5760

LC item number

.D435 1998

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography