Classical Art and the Cultures of Greece and Rome

Classical Art and the Cultures of Greece and Rome
Author: John Onians
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300075335

An inquiry into the foundations of European culture. The account ranges from the Greek Dark Ages to the Christianisation of Rome, revealing how the experience of a constantly changing physical environment influenced the inhabitants of Ancient Greece and Rome.

The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Greco-Asian Culture

The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Greco-Asian Culture
Author: Roland H. Worth
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2019-05-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 153268603X

The companion to The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Roman Culture, this study explores the social world in which early Christians functioned in Asia, providing a comprehensive picture of life in this eastern province of the Roman Empire and focusing on how the local environment affects the interpretation of the book of Revelation. The history, population, local culture, economies, and cults of each city are examined in detail. Including data from hundreds of sources, this volume should prove useful to students of both the Bible and Roman history, as it bridges the gap between the two specialties and provides many details that enable the reader to imagine what life would really have been like in those ancient cities. As such, this study provides a valuable supplement to the broader question of Rome’s general impact upon the region traced in the Roman Culture volume. Although there are many works on the subject, this is the only place where all the information is pulled together. It is a useful resource for Scripture scholars, nonprofessionals with an interest in Bible study, professors and students of Scripture, and historians specializing in the first century CE.

The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Roman Culture

The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Roman Culture
Author: Roland H. Worth
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2019-05-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532685858

“To understand the immediate cultural and societal background of the cities to which John wrote in Revelation 1 and 2, we must first understand the broader background of Roman civilization and its impact upon Asian province,” writes Roland H. Worth in the introduction to this fascinating, information-packed work. It is an in-depth study of the history, culture, society, economics, and environment of early Christians living in Roman Asia. Drawing on a multitude of resources from diverse disciplines, Worth surveys Roman life and attitudes in general, and demonstrates how Roman power developed and was exercised in Asia. He describes life in Roman Asia: what it was like to live in that province, how the imperial cult grew and prospered there, as well as the nature of official governmental persecution in the first century. A second book, The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Greco-Asian Culture, will fill in the details of the local background of the Christians for whom the “mini-epistles” in the book of Revelation were written.

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of Ancient Greece
Author: J. J. Pollitt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1990
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780521273664

This book, a companion volume to Professor Pollitt's The Art of Rome: Sources and Documents (published by the Press in 1983), presents a comprehensive collection in translation of ancient literary evidence relating to Greek sculpture, painting, architecture, and the decorative arts. Its purpose is to make this important evidence available to students who are not specialists in the Classical languages or Classical archaeology. The author's translations of a wide selection of Greek and Latin texts are accompanied by an introduction, explanatory commentary, and a full bibliography. An earlier version of this book was published twenty-five years ago by Prentice-Hall. In this new publication Professor Pollitt has added a considerable number of new passages, revised some of his earlier translations and presented the texts in a different order which allows the reader to follow more easily the development of sculpture and painting as perceived by the ancient writers. The new and substantial bibliography, organised by topics as they appear in the book, emphasises works that deal directly with the literary sources or that supplement our knowledge of the personalities and monuments described in the sources. This collection will be welcomed by students and teachers of Greek art who have long been in need of an authoritative and reliable sourcebook for their subject.

The Art of Rome C.753 B.C.-A.D. 337

The Art of Rome C.753 B.C.-A.D. 337
Author: Jerome Jordan Pollitt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1983-05-12
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780521273657

A comprehensive collection of ancient literary evidence on Roman art and artists, assembled in translation and provided with linking passages that set the historical context. Reissue of a highly-esteemed volume originally published by Prentice-Hall in 1966.