The

CA M B R I D G E H I S T O R Y

of

PA I N T I N Gin the

C L A S S I CA L WO R LD

A comprehensive history of mural and panel painting in the Classical world from

the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity.

Edited by

J. J. PollittEdited by

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Painting was one of the major achievements of the Classical world. � is multi-authored volume brings together a team of experts to examine the development of mural and panel painting in the Classical world from the earliest Minoan and

Cycladic frescoes of the Aegean Bronze Age to late Roman painting, from approximately 1800 bc to ad 400. It provides a comprehensive study of

major monuments, including exciting new material that has been discovered in recent years and has

transformed the � eld, and o� ers a critical overview of scholarly debates and controversies on aspects of style, iconography, technique and cultural context. � is volume provides an up-to-date and much-

needed overview of the monuments that are now known and of the ideas that have

been generated about them, and contains more than 300 images, including

over 100 in colour.

The Cambridge History of Painting

in the Classical World

edited by j . j . pollittYale University, Connecticut

2013 | 276 x 219 mm | 465pp

236 b/w illus. 140 colour illus. 6 maps

Hardback | c. £150 | 978-0-521-86591-3

List of Plates and FiguresList of Contributors Preface J. J. Pollitt

Maps

chapter 1Aegean Painting in the Bronze Age

Anne P. Chapin

chapter 2� e Lost Art: Early Greek Wall and Panel Painting, 760–480 bc.

Je� rey M. Hurwit

chapter 3Etruscan and Greek Tomb Painting in Italy, c. 700–400 b.c

Stephan Steingräber

chapter 4Re� ections of Monumental Painting in Greek Vase Painting in the

Fifth and Fourth Centuries b.c. Mark Stansbury-O'Donnell

chapter 5Hellenistic Painting in the Eastern Mediterranean, Mid–Fourth to Mid–First Century b.c

Stella G. Miller

chapter 6Etruscan and Italic Tomb Painting, c. 400–200 b.c.

Agnès Rouveret

chapter 7Painting in Greek and Graeco-Roman Art Criticism

J. J. Pollitt

chapter 8Roman Painting in the Republic and Early Empire

Irene Bragantini

chapter 9Roman Painting of the Middle and Late Empire

Roger Ling

Bibliography Index

Contents

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Images in order of use in this fl yer:Alexandrovo, Thracian wall painting: the hunt from the cupola of the Tomb of the Hunt. Late fourth or early third century B.C. (Photo: Courtesy of Georgi Kitov) (Included in the book: Plate 5.11)Kazanlak, Thracian wall painting: detail of the banqueting and chariot race friezes from the cupola of the Tomb of the Banquet. Early third century. (Photo: L. Zhivkova, Kazanlashkata grobnitsa [Sofi a, 1974], courtesy of Dr. Nikola Theodossiev) (Included in the book: Plate 5.12)Mycenae, Southwestern Building: Mykenaia Fresco. LH IIIB, c. 1300–1200 B.C. Athens, National Museum. (Photo: A. P. Chapin) (Included in the book: Plate 1.14)