Art and Rhetoric in Roman Culture

Bibliographic Data

ID19902918
AuthorsKarl Lorenz (0000-0001-7371-2365, corresponding author), Katharina Lorenz (corresponding author)
EditorsJaś Elsner, Michel Meyer
Year2014
Publication date2014-10-02
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueArt and Rhetoric in Roman Culture (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511732317
OpenAlexW1605736793
Open LibraryOL34509777M
ISBN9780511732317
LanguageEN
Citations received19

Rhetoric was fundamental to education and to cultural aspiration in the Greek and Roman worlds. It was one of the key aspects of antiquity that slipped under the line between the ancient world and Christianity erected by the early Church in late antiquity. Ancient rhetorical theory is obsessed with examples and discussions drawn from visual material. This book mines this rich seam of theoretical analysis from within Roman culture to present an internalist model for some aspects of how the Romans understood, made and appreciated their art. The understanding of public monuments like the Arch of Titus or Trajan's Column or of imperial statuary, domestic wall painting, funerary altars and sarcophagi, as well as of intimate items like children's dolls, is greatly enriched by being placed in relevant rhetorical contexts created by the Roman world

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Christianity · Classical antiquity · Early Christianity · Late Antiquity · Linguistics · Literature · Painting · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Roman art · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Philosophy