Graeco-Roman Art and Romano-British Imagination
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9327582 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Henig (0009-0002-2227-0362, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 138 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the British Archaeological Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0068-1288 • E-ISSN: 1747-6704 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/jba.1985.138.1.1 |
| OpenAlex | W2026547673 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This paper surveys the arts of Roman Britain and considers the understanding of Classical myth which they embody. Collingwood's pessimistic assessment of the effects of the Roman conquest is rebutted. It is pointed out that the events of A.D. 43 brought an immediate expansion of patronage which smiths, and later sculptors and other artists, were able to exploit making use of a new and richly imaginative system of imagery.Ultimately, and in mosaic art especially, mythology was employed to express complex religious and philosophical beliefs. Some fourth-century mosaics seem to be based on illustrations from literary texts and may have been derived from manuscript painting.The end of Roman Britain is marked by the collapse of this sophisticated culture around the year A.D. 400 or a little after
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Carr · CONQUEST · Literature · Mosaic · Mythology · Painting · Pessimism · The arts · Visual arts · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1986 - 2020 (35) |
| Highly cited | No |