RegionPliny on Art and Society
The Elder Pliny's Chapters On The History Of Art
By Jacob Isager
- Price: $39.95
- Binding/Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 978-0-415-58901-7
- Publish Date: April 12th 2010
- Imprint: Routledge
- Pages: 256 pages
Description
Pliny sketches a theory of advancing moral decline and extravagance, in the course of which he gives a detailed account of six centuries of classical art and a fascinating sketch of the world of the rich Roman collector. Isager's is the first full treatment of this subject for over a hundred years.