Guides: Art History: Roman Art

Exhibition catalogs

I, Claudia : women in ancient Rome by Diana E E Kleiner; Susan B Matheson; Yale University. Art Gallery.; San Antonio Museum of Art.; North Carolina Museum of Art.
Call Number: Oversize N5763 .I25 1996
ISBN: 0894670751
Publication Date: 1996
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.

DVDs

Pompeii and the Roman villa : a National Gallery of Art presentation by Carroll Moore; Derek Jacobi; National Gallery of Art (U.S.); National Gallery of Art (U.S.). Dept. of Exhibition Programs.; Microcinema, Inc.
Call Number: VIDEO .P669 DVD
ISBN: 0894683586
Publication Date: 2008
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.

Books on Roman Art

A History of Roman art by Fred S Kleiner
Call Number: Oversize N5760 .K54 2007
ISBN: 0534638465
Publication Date: 2007
Part One: Monarchy and Republic
Part Two: The Early Empire
Part Three: The High Empire
Part Four: The Late Empire

Here is a brief selection of books on Roman art. Many other books are on Reserve for ARTH425

The art of Rome, c. 753 B.C.-A.D. 337 : sources and documents by J J Pollitt
Call Number: N5760 .P57 1983
ISBN: 052127365X
Publication Date: 1983
1. The Roman Republic 3
2. The Roman Empire from 27 B.C. to 192 A.D. 99
3. Late Antiquity 189.
The ancient Roman city by John E Stambaugh
Call Number: HT114 .S7 1988
ISBN: 0801836921
Publication Date: 1988
A synthesis of recent work in archaeology and social history, drawing on physical, literary, and documentary sources.
Roman painting by Roger Ling
Call Number: Oversize ND120 .L56 1990
ISBN: 0521306140
Publication Date: 1991
The social life of painting in ancient Rome and on the Bay of Naples by Eleanor Winsor Leach
Call Number: Oversize ND2575 .L43 2004
ISBN: 0521826004
Publication Date: 2004
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.
Etruscan art by Nigel Jonathan Spivey
Call Number: N5750 .S65 1997
ISBN: 0500203040
Publication Date: 1997
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.
The Etruscans : art, architecture, and history by Federica Borrelli; Maria Cristina Targia; Stefano Peccatori; Stefano Zuffi
Call Number: N5750 .B6513 2004
ISBN: 0892367539
Publication Date: 2004
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.