While several thematically organized and thought-provoking introductions to Roman Republican art do exist in English (D’Ambra 1998; Beard and Henderson 2001; Kuttner 2004), they tend either to be brief, to exclude architecture, or to require prior knowledge of this complicated field of art (for which a solid understanding of chronology is critical). The best survey in English so far is Stewart 2004 (see also his stimulating book of 2003 on Roman statues), which - while pithy and focused more on the imperial period - is solid and theoretically informed.
Some seminal European works on art of the Republic have now been translated into English (Zanker 1988, 1998; Holscher 2004; Adam 1994). Meanwhile, many important books and articles by scholars active in America and Britain that deal with republican subjects have appeared, e. g., Clarke 2003; Gruen 1992; Kuttner 1993; Smith 1988, 1991; Wiseman 1987a; Wallace-Hadrill 1994; Terrenato 2001b. A number of edited volumes contain important material: Hofter 1988 (in German); De Grummond and Ridgway 1996; Torelli 1999; Gazda 2002 (all in English). Two older but still important works in German should also be mentioned: Zanker 1976b and Holscher 1978. F. Coarelli’s prolific work on republican art, architecture, and topography is regularly groundbreaking and should be read by the advanced Roman student. Note especially Coarelli 1996a (in Italian - a selection of his essays) and (in English) 1977 and 1998, which give an idea of his skillful interdisciplinary method, combining art and archaeology. For some very recent publications on Roman art in general and reflections on the current state of the field, see Elsner 2004; Kampen 2003; and Brilliant 1998 (all in English).
For iconography (figures in statues, painting, etc.) there is the indispensable Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). For sculpture (‘‘ideal’’ and portrait) see Hallett 1995, 2005; Rose forthcoming). For the city of Rome see Chapters 4 and 16 above, with their Guides to Further Reading. On the historiography of Roman art, see Brendel 1979 and especially Elsner’s introduction in Holscher 2004. For architecture: Boethius 1978 and Anderson 1997. For more technical aspects of architectural planning and building technique, see Adam 1994;
Jones 2000; Taylor 2003. The advanced student should read Gros 1978 and Gros 1996-2001 (in French), as well as Vitruvius in Gros, Corso, and Romano 1997. For Roman relief, see Torelli 1982; Holliday 2002; and Ryberg 1955. T. Holscher is now working on a substantial survey of Roman relief sculpture (in German). On mosaics, see the comprehensive Dunbabin 1999. For painting see Ling 1991 (a basic survey) and various articles by Bergmann (1995, 2001), which are particularly evocative and engaging. On tombs see Toynbee 1971; Hesberg 1992; and Petersen 2003. On current archaeological exploration see Patterson 1992b and Curti, Dench, and Patterson 1996. Finally, for coins (see also Chapter 3), see the exhaustive study of Crawford 1974, who is masterful on historical aspects, less so on art-historical ones; also Holscher 1982 (in German). For the art historian, much remains to be done on the iconography ofrepublican coins; in fact, that field is a potential gold mine for new ideas.
Readers should also review the Guide to Further Reading for Chapter 4 for further pertinent bibliographical suggestions.
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