Roman Art

by Donald E. Strong

Donald Strong's book traces the development of Roman art from its beginnings to the end of the 4th century A.D., embracing the monuments of the Republic and then of the later Roman world, which extended from Britain to Mesopotamia and from the Rhine and Danube to North Africa. A special virtue is the demonstration of how all the arts of a given period combine to mirror its social, cultural, and ideological character. Roger Ling and a panel of other authorities have supplied full notes, furnishing references for research undertaken both before and after first publication. The bibliography, too, has been updated.

Genres: Art

406 pages, Paperback

First published August 20, 1976

About the author

Donald Emrys Strong (1927–1973) was a British archaeologist, historian, and museum curator.

Strong worked at the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities of the British Museum as Assistant Keeper & authored the museum's handbook on carved amber in 1966.
Strong was appointed the first Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Provinces at the Institute of Archaeology at the University of London in 1968.

He died unexpectedly in Iznik, Turkey at age 46.

Reviews

[Illiterate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strong stresses: continuity with Greece; Imperial patronage and propaganda; change following oriental influences and religious ideas.