Pliny's catalogue of culture : art and empire in the natural history / Sorcha Carey.

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Carey, Sorcha

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TextSeries: Oxford studies in ancient culture & representationPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780191531774
0191531774
9780191514098
0191514098
1280758341
9781280758348

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Pliny's catalog of culture

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pliny's catalogue of culture.DDC classification:

709 22

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N5613 .C37 2006eb

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Contents:

List of Colour Plates; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1. In Search of the Invisible Man; 2. The Strategies of Encyclopaedism; 3. Representing Empire: Monuments and the Creation of Roman Space; 4. The Problem of Totality: Collecting Greek Art, Wonders, and Luxury; 5. The Artifice of Nature; 6. Imaging Memory; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Index Locorum.

Summary: One of the earliest surviving examples of 'art history', Pliny the Elder's 'chapters on art' form part of his encyclopaedic Natural History. This important study reassesses Pliny's discussion of art, revealing how art is used to expound the Roman imperial agenda which dominates the work as a whole. - ;One of the earliest surviving examples of 'art history', Pliny the Elder's 'chapters on art' form part of his encyclopaedic Natural History, completed shortly before its author died during the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. This important new work argues that the Natural History offers a sophisti.

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Originally published: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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One of the earliest surviving examples of 'art history', Pliny the Elder's 'chapters on art' form part of his encyclopaedic Natural History. This important study reassesses Pliny's discussion of art, revealing how art is used to expound the Roman imperial agenda which dominates the work as a whole. - ;One of the earliest surviving examples of 'art history', Pliny the Elder's 'chapters on art' form part of his encyclopaedic Natural History, completed shortly before its author died during the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. This important new work argues that the Natural History offers a sophisti.

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