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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| Format: | Livre |
| Langue: | English |
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Los Angeles
: The J. Paul Getty Museum
, [2015]
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[Rezension von: Peter Heslin, The museum of Augustus: the temple of Apollo in Pompeii, the portico of Philippus in Rome, and latin poetry] |
| Notes sur l'auteur: | Peter Heslin |
| Résumé: | "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 |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references (S. 329-339) and index |
| Description matérielle: | xiii, 350 Seiten Illustrationen 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781606064214 1606064215 |
