Pliny on Art and Society: The Elder Pliny's Chapters On The History Of ArtPliny sketches a theory of advancing moral decline and extravagance, in the course of which he gives a detailed account of six centuries of classical art and a fascinating sketch of the world of the rich Roman collector. Isager's is the first full treatment of this subject for over a hundred years. |
Contents
| 9 | |
EPISTULA PRAEFATORIA | 18 |
MAN AND NATURE | 32 |
PLINY AS SCIENTIST | 43 |
MINERALOGY IN NATURALIS HISTORIA | 48 |
USE AND ABUSE OF MOTHER EARTH AVARITIA ATQUE LUXURIA | 52 |
BOOK 33 GOLD AND SILVER IN ROMAN SOCIETY | 56 |
BOOK 34 BRONZE ART | 80 |
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Pliny on Art and Society: The Elder Pliny's Chapters On The History Of Art Jacob Isager Limited preview - 2013 |
Pliny on Art and Society: The Elder Pliny's Chapters on the History of Art Jacob Isager No preview available - 1991 |
Pliny on Art and Society: The Elder Pliny's Chapters on the History of Art Jacob Isager No preview available - 2010 |
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