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Pliny's catalogue of culture : art and empire in the Natural history / Sorcha Carey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carey, Sorcha.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in ancient culture (p. 184-191) and representation.
- Oxford studies in ancient culture (p. [184]-191) and representation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pliny, the Elder. Naturalis historia.
- Pliny.
- Art--History.
- Art.
- History.
- Pliny, the Elder.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- One of the earliest surviving examples of "art history," Pliny the Elder's "chapters on art" form part of his encyclopedic Natural History, completed shortly before its author died during the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. This important new work reassesses Pliny's discussion of art, revealing how art is used to expound the Roman imperial agenda which dominates the work as a whole.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0199259135
- OCLC:
- 51668433
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