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ABOUT THE WEBSITE
The Roman Art companion website features resources created by the author to help you use this book in university courses, whether you’re an instructor or a student.
FOR INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS
Glossary
Timeline
FOR INSTRUCTORS
Additional images of works of art discussed in the book
Sample lessons, assignments, and related educational resources
1 INTRODUCTION TOROMAN ART HISTORY
Cultural Property Controversies
Dating Dilemmas in Roman Art History
Restoration Issues in Roman Art History
The Role of Elites in Public Art and Architecture
Italic versus Classical Styles and Forms I: Temples
Italic versus Classical Styles and Forms II: Portraiture
Female Portraiture and Embedded Values
Romans Judging Roman Art: Values and Class
Art, Context, and Social Status I: The Tomb of Vestorius Priscus
Art, Context, and Social Status II: The Roman House
Suggestions for Further Reading
This introduction is (as the Roman dictator Sulla called Roman government) a bit of “a two‐headed dog.” It is designed to introduce you, the reader, to both Roman art and the study of art history. In other words, to some of the overarching themes and forms of the art that follow as well as some of the ways that art historians operate and analyze that art. Let’s start with the controversies.
provenance
the place of origin or earliest known history of something. In art it can refer to the chain of ownership of a piece from origin to the present day.
CULTURAL PROPERTY CONTROVERSIES
As I write this, and no doubt as you read it as well, one of the major controversies in art history
