The Roman Empire: Art Forms and Civic Life

L’Orange, Hans Peter. The Roman Empire: Art Forms and Civic Life. New York: Rizzoli, (1985). First American edition. 4to. 235pp. Blue cloth with silver title on spine in dustjacket with original cardboard slipcase. Minor staining to slipcase. “This is an important scholarly work by a distinguished art historian. Hans Peter L’Orange’s seminal essay “Art Forms and Civic Life in the Late Roman Empire”, here republished in a large format and accompanied by many new illustrations, outlines the profound changes that disturbed the mode of life in the second half of the third century.” Illustrated with color and b/w plates. Slipcase in very good condition, book as new. vg. Hardcover. (14917) $45