Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome: Between Art and Social Reality

418 Pages·2018·6.428 MB·English

by  Tonio Hölscher

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sather classcial lectures
Volume Seventy-Three
Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome

VISUAL POWER IN ANCIENT
GREECE AND ROME

VISUAL POWER IN
ANCIENT GREECE
AND ROME
Between Art and Social Reality
Tonio Hölscher
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hölscher, Tonio, author.
Title: Visual power in ancient Greece and Rome : between art and social
reality / Tonio Hölscher.
Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] |
Series: Sather classcial lectures ; 73 | Includes bibliographical references
and index. |
Identifi ers: lccn 2017045451 (print) | lccn 2017051331 (ebook) |
isbn 9780520967885 () | isbn 9780520294936 (cloth : alk. paper) |
isbn 9780520294943 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: lcsh: Greece—Social life and customs. | Rome—Social life and
customs. | Visual perception—Social aspects—Greece—History. | Visual
perception—Social aspects—Rome—History. | Vision—Social aspects—
Greece—History. | Vision—Social aspects—Rome—History.
Classifi cation: lcc df78 (ebook) | lcc df78 .h69 2018 (print) |
ddc 938—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017045451
Manufactured in the United States of America
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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 • 95
3. Person, Identity, and Images • 151
4. The Dignity of Reality • 203
5. Representation • 253
6. Decor • 299
Notes • 335
General Index • 383
Index of Names • 387
Index of Sites and Museums • 391