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Roman eyes : visuality and subjectivity in art and text / Jaś Elsner

by Jas Elsner

This study explores how art in the Roman Empire shaped the subjectivity of its viewers. Analysing small, private objects and religious artefacts alongside classical literature, it reconstructs the cultural and aesthetic mindsets of ancient Romans.

Accession 3070 ISBN 9780691096773 Publisher Princeton University Press
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