Title Painting, ethics, and aesthetics in Rome / Nathaniel B. Jones, Washington University, St Louis

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 291 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) Series Greek culture in the Roman world Greek culture in the Roman world. Contents Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Plates; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Painting of Painting in Ancient Rome; 1 Winckelmann and the Cultural Dynamics of Painting; 2 Disrupting the Frame; 3 The Ethics and Politics of Art; 4 Transparent and Opaque: Medium and Materiality on the Roman Wall; Plates; 5 Paradigms, Ensembles, and Anachronisms; Epilogue: Reflection and Reflexivity; Bibliography; Index Summary Demonstrates how ancient Roman mural paintings stood at the intersection of contemporary social, ethical, and aesthetic concerns Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Painting in art. Pictures in art. Mural painting and decoration, Greco-Roman -- Themes, motives Aesthetics, Classical. ART -- Techniques -- Painting. Aesthetics, Classical Mural painting and decoration, Greco-Roman -- Themes, motives Painting in art Pictures in art Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108352109 9781108329514 1108329519 1108352103

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