Roman art Susan Walker

By:

Walker, Susan

Contributor(s):

British Museum

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press c1991ISBN:

0714120766

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709.45 WAL

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.45 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002000331026

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The grand monuments scattered across Europe, the Near East and northern Africa are impressive reminders of the art of the Roman Empire, but they only tell part of the story. The artistic legacy of the Romans also survives in many other forms, and in this book Susan Walker focuses on four main themes--the heritage of Greece, portraiture, public art, and furnishing and decorating homes. From the early Republic through to the later Empire the taste for Greek culture was an important influence on the Romans, but one which they adapted to create an art uniquely theirs. Drawing on the magnificent collections of the British Museum, Dr Walker discusses a wide range of Roman antiquities, from monumental sculpture for public places, portraits of emperors and private citizens, to mosaics, wall-paintings and tableware for enjoyment in more intimate surroundings.

Bibliography: p71. - Includes index

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface
Abbreviations
1 Prologue: In Search of The Orient
I Empire
2 The Bridgehead and The Dependent Kingdoms, 31 BC-aD 74
2.1 From The Battle of Actium to The Death of Herod The Great
2.2 From The Death of Herod The Great to The End of Tiberius' Reign
2.3 From The Reign of Gaius to The Outbreak of The Jewish War
2.4 The Jewish War and Its Aftermath
3 Imperialism and Expansion, AD 74-195
3.1 Vespasian: A New Near Eastern Empire
3.2 Trajan : Expansion and Rearrangement in The Southern Near East
3.3 The Roman Presence, AD 114-161
3.4 Emperors and Pretenders in The Near East from Lucius Verus to Septimius Severus: The Conquest of Mesopotamia
4 Rome and Mesopotamia: From Parthia To Persia
4.1 The Severan Near East As a Military Structure
4.2 Emperors on Campaign, from Caracalla to Philip The Arab Shapur's Invasions and The Empire of Palmyra, AD 252-273
5 The Tetrarchy and Constantine
5.1 The Tetrarchy: Persian Wars and Fortified Lines
5.2 The Near East in The Tetrarchic Empire, AD 284-312
5.3 Licinius and Constantine, AD 313-337: Retrospect from a Christianised Empire
II Regions and Communities
6 Communal and Cultural Identities
7 The Tetrapolis and Northern Syria
7.1 The Geographical Context
7.2 Local Cult-Centres: Hierapolis and Doliche
7.3 Villages and Rural Temples
7.4 The Major Cities: Apamea
8 The Phoenician Coast and Its Hinterland
8.1 History and Geography
8.2 Phoenicia: The Southern Region
8.3 The Northern Coastline and Its Hinterland
8.4 The Major Cities: Byblos and Berytus
8.5 Sidon and Tyre
9 Eastern Syria Phoenice: Mountain, Oasis and Steppe
9.1 Geographical Connections
9.2 Emesa and Elagabal
9.3 Damascus and Its Region Palmyra
10 From Judaea to Syria Palaestina
10.1 History, Religion and Geography
10.2 Judaea before The First Revolt
10.3 From The First Jewish Revolt to The Second
10.4 Syria Palaestina
11 Arabia
11.1 Regions and Cultures
11.2 The Kingdom of Nabataea
11.3 The Decapolis in The First Century
11.4 The New Province of Arabia
11.5 The Nomadic Presence
12 The Euphrates and Mesopotamia
12.1 Geography, Culture and Language
12.2 Dura-Europos in The Parthian Period
12.3 The Middle Euphrates and The Coming of Rome
12.4 Roman Dura-Europos
12.5 Edessa As a Kingdom and Roman Colony until The Middle of The Third Century
12.6 Social and Religious Currents in The Fourth Century
13 Epilogue: East and West
13.1 East?
13.2 West?
Appendix A The Inscriptions of The Tetrarchic Land-Surveyors
Appendix B Documents from The Bar Kochba War
Appendix C Materials for The History of Roman Edessa and Osrhoene, AD 163-337
Maps
I The Near East: Areas Covered by Maps II-XII
II The Roman Near East: Main Sites and Geographical Features
III Northwestern Syria and Mount Amanus
IV The Phoenician Coast and Western Syria Phoenice
V The Central Syrian Steppe, Pabnyra and The Euphrates
VI Judaea/Syria Palaestina, Western Arabia
VII SouTheastern Syria Phoenice, Northern Arabia
VIII Petra and South-Central Arabia