The Museum of Augustus : the Temple of Apollo in Pompeii, the Portico of Philippus in Rome, and Latin poetry

"In this work of original scholarship, Peter Heslin argues that paintings of the Trojan War, public and private, were a collective visual resource for selected poems by Virgil, Horace, and Propertius; in so doing, he reconstructs a world in which Augustan-era art served as inspiration for some...

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Main Author: Heslin, Peter (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum , [2015]
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Summary:"In this work of original scholarship, Peter Heslin argues that paintings of the Trojan War, public and private, were a collective visual resource for selected poems by Virgil, Horace, and Propertius; in so doing, he reconstructs a world in which Augustan-era art served as inspiration for some of the greatest works of Roman literature"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (S. 329-339) and index
Physical Description:xiii, 350 Seiten Illustrationen 27 cm
ISBN:9781606064214
1606064215