{"product_id":"the-language-of-images-in-roman-art","title":"The Language of Images in Roman Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book, first published in 2004, develops a theory for the understanding of Roman pictorial art. By treating Roman art as a semantic system it establishes a connection between artistic forms and the ideological messages contained within. The history of Roman art traditionally followed the model of a sequence of stylistic phases affecting the works of their era in the manner of a uniform Zeitgeist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy contrast, the author shows different stylistic forms being used for different themes and messages. The reception of Greek models, a key phenomenon of Roman art, thus appear in a new light. The formulations of specific messages are established from Greek art types of different eras serving to express Roman ideological values: classical forms for the grandeur of the state, Hellenistic forms for the struggling effort of warfare.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this way a conceptual and comprehensible pictorial language arose, uniting the multicultural population of the Roman state.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hellenic Bookservice","offers":[{"title":"Second hand","offer_id":56240189243771,"sku":null,"price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/6862\/0411\/files\/Language.jpg?v=1778244736","url":"https:\/\/hellenic-books.com\/products\/the-language-of-images-in-roman-art","provider":"Hellenic Bookservice","version":"1.0","type":"link"}