Art History: Roman Art

Catalog of an exhibition held at Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., Sept. 6-Dec. 1, 1996; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 3-Mar. 9, 1997; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, N.C., April 6-June 15, 1997.

Explores the art and culture around the Bay of Naples before Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.
Bonus materials: highlights of works of art from the exhibition; 19th-century photographs by Giorgio Sommer; interviews with archaeologists; photo gallery from film shoot.

Part One: Monarchy and Republic
Part Two: The Early Empire
Part Three: The High Empire
Part Four: The Late Empire

1. The Roman Republic 3
2. The Roman Empire from 27 B.C. to 192 A.D. 99
3. Late Antiquity 189.

A synthesis of recent work in archaeology and social history, drawing on physical, literary, and documentary sources.

The world's common property --
Domestic context --
Panels and porticoes --
The model of the Scaenae Frons --
Gardens and picture galleries --
The style of luxury --
The final decade: demography and decoration --
Beyond A.D. in Rome and Campania.

Etruria and the limits of demystification --
The emergence of Etruscan culture --
Etruria and the Orient --
Etruria Hellenized --
The Etruscan cities as centres of art --
From Etruscan Rome to Roman Etruria --
The Etruscan legacy.

Etruscan Origins and the Villanovan Civilization 6 --
Economic Activity in the Etruscan World 8 --
720-580 B.C. The Orientalizing Period --
580-480 B.C. The Archaic Period --
480-320 B.C. The Classical Period --
320-327 B.C. Hellenism and Romanization.