Roma. La fine dell'arte antica

Synopsis of Roma. La fine dell'arte antica

«Roma. La fine dell'arte antica» is the art history essay by Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli in paperback (480 pages, in Italian).

The book studies the history of Roman art between 192 and 395 AD, the so-called late antique period that marks the transition from the classical era to the Middle Ages. It analyses the involution of official art in Rome and the provinces and the flourishing of new expressive forms in sculpture.

BUR Arte collection. Italian edition of 2002; the work was originally published in 1971.

Reference work for scholars and enthusiasts of classical art history and late antiquity.