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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.

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.

Selections from literary works inspired by the ruin and reproductions of works of art accompany an illustrated history of the vast monument.

Beginning in the eighth century B.C., the splendid civilization of the Etruscans spread out across the vast area of central Italy that extends from the edges of the Po Valley to the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Although their geographic and linguistic origins remain controversial, the Etruscans were deeply rooted in the region and developed a bread network of commercial and artistic trade throughout the Mediterranean. They created unforgettable works in gold, paintings, and sculpture in terra-cotta and bronze, while importing extraordinary painted vases from Greece. Ancient necropolises survive to this day, scattered among the provinces of Emilia, Tuscany, Lazio, and Umbria: at the seashore, carved into tufa, clinging to cliff walls, or buried beneath fields, often characterized by a diverse, distinctive architecture. From these cities of the dead, dazzling evidence continues to emerge of a culture that was rich, multifaceted, open, and peaceful - a culture destined to merge with Rome after centuries of independence.

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