Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 26473
Pliny on Art and Society: The Elder Pliny’s Chapters on the History of Art
Book
Isager, J. (1991) Pliny on Art and Society: The Elder Pliny’s Chapters on the History of Art. Odense, Odense University Press, 256 pp.
ISBN/ISSN: 9780420000000 | Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS / NIB | RWHL
gems, ancient gemology, early gemology, ancient mineralogy, early trade, early art, Pliny
Pliny sketches a theory of advancing moral decline and extravagance, in the course of which he gives a detailed account of six centuries of classical art and a fascinating sketch of the world of the rich Roman collector. Isager's is the first full treatment of this subject for over a hundred years.