A Companion to Roman Art

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<i>A Companion to Roman Art</i> encompasses various artistic genres, ancient contexts, and modern approaches for a comprehensive guide to Roman art.<ul><li>Offers comprehensive and original essays on the study of Roman art</li><li>Contributions from distinguished scholars with unrivalled expertise covering a broad range of international approaches</li><li>Focuses on the socio-historical aspects of Roman art, covering several topics that have not been presented in any detail in English</li><li>Includes both close readings of individual art works and general discussions</li><li>Provides an overview of main aspects of the subject and an introduction to current debates in the field</li></ul>

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<p><b>Barbara E. Borg</b> is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Exeter and Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University. She has published widely on Greek and Roman art and archaeology. Her books include<i>Mumienporträts: Chronologie und Kontext</i> (1999),<i>Der Logos des Mythos? Allegorien und Personifikationen in der frühen griechischen Kunst</i> (2002),<i> Crisis and ambition: tombs and burial customs in third-century CE Rome</i> (2013),<i>Roman tombs and the art of commemoration: contextual approaches to funerary customs in the second century CE</i> (2019), and the edited volume<i>Paideia: The World of the Second Sophistic</i> (2004). She is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes, including a Getty Research Fellowship, a Senior Onassis Fellowship, the Hugh Last Fellowship at the British School at Rome, and a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.

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