{"product_id":"books-the-language-of-images-in-roman-art-by-tonio-holscher","title":"The Language of Images in Roman Art","description":"This 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. By 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. In this way a conceptual and comprehensible pictorial language arose, uniting the multicultural population of the Roman state.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53508055466257,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780521665698.jpg?v=1778140348","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-language-of-images-in-roman-art-by-tonio-holscher","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}