Bibliogr. p. 431-468. Glossaire. Index p. 469-477

Preface J. J. Pollitt; 1. Aegean painting in the Bronze Age Anne Chapin; 2. The lost art: early Greek wall and panel-painting, 760-480 BC Jeffrey Hurwit; 3. Etruscan and Greek tomb painting in Italy, c.700-400 BC Stephan Steingra;ber; 4. Reflections of monumental painting in Greek vase painting in the fifth and fourth centuries BC Mark Stansbury-O'Donnell; 5. Hellenistic painting in the eastern Mediterranean: mid-fourth to mid-first century BC Stella G. Miller; 6. Etruscan and Italic tomb painting: c.400-200 BC Agnès Rouveret; 7. Painting in Greek and Graeco-Roman art criticism J. J. Pollitt; 8. Roman painting in the Republic and early Empire Irene Bragantini; 9. Roman painting of the middle and late Empire Roger Ling.

Painting was one of the major achievements of the Classical world. This book examines the development of mural and panel painting in the Classical world from the earliest Minoan and Cycladic frescoes of the Aegean Bronze Age to late Roman painting, from approximately 1800 BC to AD 400. It provides a comprehensive study of major monuments, including exciting new material that has been discovered in recent years and has transformed the field. It also offers a critical overview of scholarly debates and controversies on aspects of style, iconography, technique and cultural context. This volume provides an up-to-date and much-needed overview of the monuments that are now known and of the ideas that have been generated about them.
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