Table of Contents

IntroductionPart I. The Nature of Art 1. Art and Material 2. Art and Ethics 3. Art and Language Part II. The Process of Art 4. Discovering Art 5. Making Art 6. Looking at Art Conclusion

About the Author

Anna Anguissola teaches Classical Archaeology at the University of Pisa, Italy. Her research focuses on urban development, the relationship between Greek and Roman art, the history and techniques of ancient sculpture, and the Greek and Latin literary sources on the figural arts. She coordinates the University of Pisa’s field research at Pompeii and at Hierapolis in Phrygia.

Reviews

"[Anguissola] is to be commended first of all for having pared down a potentially vast scholarly endeavour into this little gem of a book... The text reads like a kind of thematic commentary to A.’s judicious selection of themes from Pliny; she includes supplementary references to other ancient texts on occasion, but the focus remains firmly on Pliny’s own words." - The Classical Review