Painting, Ethics, and Aesthetics in Rome

ISBN-13: 9781108420129 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 308 str.

Nathaniel B. Jones

Opis

Demonstrates how ancient Roman mural paintings stood at the intersection of contemporary social, ethical, and aesthetic concerns.

Spis treści

Introduction: the painting of painting in Ancient Rome; 1. Winckelmann and the cultural dynamics of painting; 2. Disrupting the frame; 3. The ethics and politics of art; 4. Transparent and opaque: medium and materiality on the Roman wall; 5. Paradigms, ensembles, and anachronisms; Epilogue: reflection and reflexivity.