Research Guides: Roman Art: Books

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A Companion to Roman Architecture by Caroline K. Quenemoen (Editor); Roger B. Ulrich (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781118325148
Publication Date: 2013-12-04
A Companion to Roman Architecture presents a comprehensive review of the critical issues and approaches that have transformed scholarly understanding in recent decades in one easy-to-reference volume. Offers a cross-disciplinary approach to Roman architecture, spanning technology, history, art, politics, and archaeology.
Roman Sculpture by Diana E. Kleiner; Diana E. E. Kleiner
Call Number: NB115 .K57 1992
ISBN: 0300059485
Publication Date: 1994-09-28
Roman sculpture was an integral part of Roman life, and the Romans placed statues and reliefs in their fora, basilicas, temples, and public baths, as well as in their houses, villas, gardens, and tombs. In this beautifully illustrated book--the first in almost a century devoted solely to Roman sculpture--Diana E. E. Kleiner discusses all the major public and private monuments in Rome, as well as many less well known monuments in the capital and elsewhere in the empire.
I, Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome by Diana E. Kleiner; Susan B. Matheson
Call Number: N5763 .I25 1996
ISBN: 0894670751
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
A comprehensive study of the lives of Roman women as revealed in Roman art. It concentrates on the evidence provided by portraits, reliefs, wall-paintings, architecture and decorative arts.
Hadrian's Villa and its Legacy by William L. MacDonald & John A. Pinto
Call Number: NA327 .T5 M23 1995
ISBN: 0300053819
Publication Date: 1995-06-28
The great Villa constructed by the Emperor Hadrian near Tivoli between A.D. 118 and the 130s is one of the most original monuments in the history of architecture and art. In this beautiful book, two distinguished architectural historians describe and interpret the Villa as it existed in Roman times and track its extraordinary effect on architects and artists up to the present day.

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