Author: Joshua James Thomas
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019284489X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
The first monograph-length study on the intersection of art, science, and the natural world in Hellenistic and Roman times. Examines a series of mosaics, wall-paintings, and papyri surviving from the period 300 BC - AD 100, setting them in their historical and cultural context.