The Art of Rome and Her Empire

Download or read book The Art of Rome and Her Empire written by Heinz Kähler and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of Roman art and culture from the time of the first settlements on the eastern bank of the Tiber to the moment when secular Rome was succeeded by ecclesiastical Rome during the Middle Ages. For a long time Roman art was considered essentially nothing but a derivative, provincial form of Greek art. It is the special aim of the author to stress the unique quality of Roman culture and to present it as a national art, in spite of all the outside influences.