This richly illustrated work provides a new and deeper   perspective   on the interaction of visual representation and classical culture from   the fifth   century B.C. to the fourth century A.D. Drawing on a variety of source   materials   such as Graeco-Roman literature, historiography, and philosophy, in   addition to   artistic renderings, Paul Zanker forges the first comprehensive history   of the   visual representation of Greek and Roman intellectuals. He takes the   reader from   the earliest visual images of Socrates and Plato to the figures of   Christ, the   Apostles, and contemporaneous pagan and civic dignitaries.  Through his interpretations of postures, gestures, facial expressions,   and   stylistic changes of particular set pieces, we come to know these great   poets   and philosophers through all of their various personasthe prophetic   wise man,   the virtuous democratic citizen, or the self-absorbed bon vivant.   Zanker's   analysis of how the iconography of influential thinkers and writers   changed   demonstrates the rise and fall of trends and the movement of schools of   thought   and belief, each successively embodying the most valued characteristics   of the   period and culture.

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