Roman Art

$30.00 at The Getty Museum.

Paul Zanker A groundbreaking illustrated study of the evolution of Roman imagery written by a noted authority on Roman art and architecture.   Traditional studies of Roman art have sought to identify an indigenous style distinct from Greek art and in the process have neglected the large body of Roman work that creatively recycled Greek artworks. In this original assessment, Paul Zanker offers instead a cultural history of the functions of the visual arts, the messages that these images carried, and the values…