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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 September 2022
In preparation for my first review, I have had the pleasure to read books that showcase the current breadth of contemporary study of ancient visual and material cultures, from subjects as diverse as canine skeletons in Athens, Egyptian papyri, and medieval mosques, and approaches ranging from the close analysis of pigment on Roman marble sculpture to the exploration of ‘viewsheds’ on the acropolis.
1 From Kallias to Kritias. Art in Athens in the Second Half of the Fifth Century b.c. Edited by Jenifer Neils and Olga Palagia. Berlin, De Gruyter, 2022. Pp. ix + 380. 199 b/w and colour illustrations. Hardback £109, ISBN: 978-3-11-068092-8.
2 Dogs in the Athenian Agora. By Colin M. Whiting. Excavations of the Athenian Agora Picture Book 28. Athens, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2022. Pp. 44. 50 b/w and colour illustrations. Paperback £4.50, ISBN: 978-0-87661-646-8.
3 Underworld. Imagining the Afterlife in Ancient South Italian Vase Painting. Edited by David Saunders. Los Angeles, CA, Getty Publications, 2021. Pp. x + 244. 89 b/w and colour illustrations. Hardback £55, ISBN: 978-1-60606-734-5.
4 Arts, Science, and the Natural World in the Ancient Mediterranean, 300 bc to ad 100. By Joshua J. Thomas. Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture and Representation. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2021. Pp. xxvi + 362. 153 b/w illustrations. Hardback £90, ISBN: 978-0-19-284489-7.
5 Emperors in Images, Architecture, and Ritual. Augustus to Fausta. Edited by Francesco de Angelis. Selected Papers on Ancient Art and Architecture 5. Boston, MA, Archaeological Institute of America, 2020. Pp. 143. 61 b/w and colour illustrations. Paperback £15, ISBN: 978-1-948488-64-8.
6 Roman Sculpture in Context. Edited by Peter D. de Staebler and Anne Hrychuk Konotkosta. Selected Papers on Ancient Art and Architecture 6. Boston, MA, Archaeological Institute of America, 2020. Pp. vi + 290. 98 b/w and colour illustrations. Paperback £18.50, ISBN: 978-1-948488-63-1.
7 E. Marlowe, Shaky Ground. Context, Connoisseurship and the History of Roman Art (London, 2013).
8 Cities as Palimpsests? Responses to Antiquity in Eastern Mediterranean Urbanism. Edited by Elizabeth Key Fowden, Suna Çağaptay, Edward Zychowicz-Coghill, and Louise Blake. Impact of the Ancient City 1. Oxford, Oxbow, 2022. Pp. xix + 410. 95 b/w and colour illustrations. Hardback £50, ISBN: 978-1-78925-768-7.