| Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome: Between Art and Social Reality Volume 73 Contributor(s): Hölscher, Tonio (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520294939 ISBN-13: 9780520294936 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - History | Ancient - Rome - Art | History - Ancient & Classical |
| LCCN: 2017045451 |
| Series: Sather Classical Lectures |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 7.3" W x 10" (2.00 lbs) 426 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Visual culture was an essential part of ancient social, religious, and political life. Appearance and experience of beings and things was of paramount importance. In Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome, Tonio H lscher explores the fundamental phenomena of Greek and Roman visual culture and their enormous impact on the ancient world, considering memory over time, personal appearance, conceptualization and representation of reality, and significant decoration as fundamental categories of art as well as of social practice. With an emphasis on public spaces such as sanctuaries, agora and forum, H lscher investigates the ways in which these spaces were used, viewed, and experienced in religious rituals, political manifestations, and social interaction. |