'Painting was one of the major achievements of the Classical world. This book examines the development of mural and panel painting in the Classical world from the earliest Minoan and Cycladic
frescoes of the Aegean Bronze Age to late Roman painting, fromapproximately 1800 B.C. to A.D. 400. It provides a comprehensive study of major monuments, including exciting new material that has
been discovered in recent years and has transformed the field. It also offers a critical overview of scholarly debates andcontroversies on aspects of style, iconography, technique, and cultural
context. This volume provides an up-to-date and much-needed overview of the monuments that are now known and of the ideas that have been generated about them'--
