Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors viii
List of Abbreviations xiv
List of Illustrations xv
Introduction 1Barbara E. Borg
Part I Methods and Approaches 9
1 Defining Roman Art 11Christopher H. Hallett
2 Roman Historical Representations 34Tonio Holscher
3 Methodological Approaches to the Dating and Identification of Roman Portraits 52Klaus Fittschen
4 Roman Art and Gender Studies 71Natalie Kampen
Part II The Beginnings and End of Roman Art 93
5 Republican Rome and Italic Art 95Massimiliano Papini
6 Adapting Greek Art 114Rachel Kousser
7 The Art of Late Antiquity: A Contextual Approach 130Alessandra Bravi
Part III Producing and Commissioning Roman Art 151
8 Technique and Message in Roman Art 153Mont Allen
9 Roman Art and the Artist 172Michael Squire
10 Roman Art and the State 195Peter J. Holliday
11 "Arte Plebea" and Non-elite Roman Art 214Lauren Hackworth Petersen
Part IV Genres 231
12 Roman Portraits 233Jane Fejfer
13 Wall Painting 252Katharina Lorenz
14 Mosaics 268Roger Ling
15 Roman Sarcophagi 286Michael Koortbojian
16 Decorative Art 301Friederike Sinn
17 Luxury Arts 321Kenneth Lapatin
18 Roman Architecture as Art? 344Edmund Thomas
Part V Contexts 365
Section 1 Roman Art and "Private Space" 367
19 Art in Roman Town Houses 369Simon Ellis
20 Art in the Roman Villa 388Richard Neudecker
21 The Decoration of Private Space in the Later Roman Empire 406Susanne Muth
Section 2 Roman Art and Death 429
22 The Decoration of Roman Tombs 431Francisca Feraudi-Gruenais
23 Catacombs and the Beginnings of Christian Tomb Decoration 452Norbert Zimmermann
Section 3 Roman Art and the Empire 471
24 The Greek East under Rome 473Roland R.R. Smith
25 The Western Roman Provinces 496Roger J.A. Wilson
Part VI Themes 531
26 Contextualizing Roman Art and Nature 533Maureen Carroll
27 Roman Art and Spectacle 552Zahra Newby
28 Roman Art and Myth 569Francesco de Angelis
Part VII Reception of Roman Art in the Modern World 585
29 The Myth of Pompeii: Fragments, Frescos, and the Visual Imagination 587Rosemary J. Barrow
30 Roman Architecture through the Ages 602Stefan Altekamp
Index 620