The Grand Pictorial Tradition
of Roman Historical Representation during the Early Empire
by Gerhard Koeppel, Chapel
Hill, N. C.
Contents
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| I. Introduction. Survey of the Scholarship |
508 |
| II. Questions of Terminology |
512 |
| III. The Characteristics of the Monumental or 'Grand Style'
Historical Relief |
513 |
1. Two Modes of Representation Compared |
513 |
2. Reasons for a Difference in Modes of Representation
|
517 |
3. Compositional Techniques in Representations
of the Grand Tradition |
519 |
| IV. The Origin of the 'Grand Style' Historical Relief in Monumental
Painting and the Pictorial Characteristics of the Grand Tradition
|
523 |
| V. The Invention of a New Relief Form for 'Grand Style' Historical
Representation in the Age of Augustus. An Examination of Relief
Structure |
528 |
| VI. Painting as a Primary Medium for 'Grand Style' Historical
Representation during the Early Empire |
534 |
| List of Illustrations |
535 |
