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Tables of Contents for The Language of Images in Roman Art
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Foreward
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Greek paradigm: example for lifestyle, academic subject, or building block of imperial culture?
3. The monuments: questions, categories, theses
4. Battle-scenes: the tradition of Hellenistic pathos
5. Battle-scenes: their reception in Rome
6. State ceremonial: the tradition of Classical dignity
7. The semantic system: the elements and their use
8. The semantic system: premises and structure
9. The origins of the system: dynamics and statics
10. Language of imagery and style
11. Formal system and style in the theory of rhetoric and of imagery
12. Conclusion: language of imagery and culture of empire
Bibliography, supplementary bibliography.