For a long time, Roman art was somewhat overshadowed by the art of ancient Greece. It was only in about 1900 that a search began for ancient Roman art & architecture. The foundations of Roman imagery were laid in the early days of the Empire under Emperor Augustus. The imperial court & the imperial family were role models for artistic style, taste & fashion
- trendsetters, so to speak, which imperial society was obliged to follow. It was at court that the "new" took shape, pieced together from the vocabulary of Greek originals, copies & imitations as well as new creations, but fulfilling entirely new functions & expressing new meanings. The portrait of the ruler & the so-called state reliefs, which enhanced & embroidered real events, by depicting gods for example, had a particular influence in the shaping of the imagery. Using classical stylistic means, Roman art was able to fulfill all the desires & ideas of its patrons for more than two centuries. Featured works include: Augustus of Primaporta; Gemma Augustea; Lycurgus beaker; funerary relief of the Roman couple Publius Aiedius & Publia Aiedia; Constantine I in a helmet with the christogram; the portrait of a man, the so-called Brutus; equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius; colossal portrait of Emperor Constantine I; group statue of the Emperors Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius & Constantine I, the "tetrarch group"; personifications of Macedonia & Persia. Each book in TASCHEN's " Basic Genre" series

Features: a detailed introduction with Approx. 35 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, etc.) that took place during the time period; & a selection of the most important works of the epoch; each is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image &, on the facing page, a description/interpretation of the work & brief biography of the artist as well as additional information such as a reference work, portrait of the artist, and/or citations


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Offers fresh insights into the evolution of the forms & meanings of Roman art. The author offers a cultural history of the functions of the visual arts, the messages that these images carried, & the values that they affirmed in late Republican Rome & the Empire. ...

For nearly four centuries, Britain was a province on the outer edge of the Roman Empire & developed a distinctively Romano-British culture & way of life. This title offers an introduction to the history, society, culture & art of Britain when it was a province of the Roman Empire. ...

The year is AD 102 & Iliona, an educated Greek girl, has been orphaned & sold as a slave in Rome. Apart from her diary, she hasn't a friend in the world... But the family she works for are not unkind, & as Iliona begins to make friends & look around her, she discovers that the teeming city at the heart of the empire is a fascinating place. ...

This history of the Roman Empire has three purposes: to describe what was happening in the central administration of the Empire; to indicate how life went on in Italy & the provinces, in the towns, countryside & army camps; & to show how these two different worlds impinged on each other. ...

Old friends will clash, armies will collide… let there be blood.

50 AD. The Invasion is over & Roman legions spread

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The first in a two-part study, this is an exploration of Roman military clothing between 100 BC & AD 200. It draws upon written, pictorial, sculptural & archaeological sources to reconstruct the appearance of the Roman soldier on all those occasions when his armour did not conceal him. ...

The second in a two-part study, this is an exploration of Roman military clothing from the late Republic to the end of the Empire. It draws upon written, pictorial, sculptural & archaeological sources to reconstruct the appearance of the Roman soldier. ...

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Includes:: fifteen stories from Roman mythology by prize-winning author Geraldine Mc Caughrean,

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Children will love following the Flavius family as they go shopping, visit the baths & watch a thrilling chariot race in this informative book about life in an Ancient Roman town. There are lots of scenes to explore & over 100 flaps to lift, revealing fascinating historical facts & delightful surprises, including flaps beneath flaps. ...