When we try to make sense of pictures; what do we gain when we use a particular method - and what might we be missing or even losing? Empirical experimentation on three types of mythological imagery - a Classical Greek pot; a frieze from Hellenistic Pergamon and a second-century CE Roman sarcophagus - enables Katharina Lorenz to demonstrate how theoretical approaches to images (specifically; iconology; semiotics; and image studies) impact the meanings we elicit from Greek and Roman art. A guide to Classical images of myth; and also a critical history of Classical archaeologys attempts to give meaning to pictures; this book establishes a dialogue with the wider field of art history and proposes a new framework for the study of ancient visual culture. It will be essential reading not just for students of classical art history and archaeology; but for anyone interested in the possibilities - and the history - of studying visual culture.
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