Roman Art in the Private Sphere

by Gazda, Elaine K.

• ISBN13: 9780472034390
• ISBN10: 0472034391
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-07
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr

Summary

"This is a stimulating book and should be compulsory reading for all students of Roman art." ---Classical Review "[A] model exploration into the ways private decor can be used to facilitate a larger understanding of Roman art and society." ---Classical World Roman Art in the Private Spherepresents an impressive case for the social and art historical importance of the paintings, mosaics, and sculptures that filled the private houses of the Roman elite. The six essays in this volume range from the first century BCE to the fourth century CE, and from the Italian peninsula to the Eastern Empire and North African provinces, treating works of art that belonged to every major Roman housing type: the single-family atrium houses and the insula apartment blocks in Italian cities, the dramatically sited villas of the Campanian coast and countryside, and the palatial mansions of late antique provincial aristocrats. This new edition includes a fresh contribution by editor Elaine Gazda, tracing the developments in the treatment of private Roman art since the publication of the original edition ofRoman Art in the Private Sphere. Elaine K. Gazda is Professor of the History of Art and Curator of Hellenistic and Roman Antiquities at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan.

Author Biography

Elaine K. Gazda is Professor of the History of Art and Curator of Hellenistic and Roman Antiquities at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

Domestic Art and the Instability of Cultural Meaning: Roman Art in the Private Sphere Revisited	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Pompeian Atrium House in Theory and in Practice	p. 25
Painted Perspectives of Villa Visit: Landscape as Status and Metaphor	p. 49
Sculptural Collecting and Display in the Private Realm	p. 71
The Decor of the House of Jupiter and Ganymede at Ostia Antica: Private Residence Turned Gay Hotel?	p. 89
Signs of Privilege and Pleasure: Roman Domestic Mosaics	p. 105
Power, Architecture, and Decor: How the Late Roman Aristocrat Appeared to His Guests	p. 117
List of Illustrations	p. 135
Sources of Illustrations	p. 139
A Note on Abbreviations	p. 143
Select Bibliography	p. 145
Plates	p. 157
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