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THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINUOUS NARRATIVE
IN ROMAN ART, 300 B.C. – A.D. 200
by
Roger David Von Dippe
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(ART HISTORY)
December 2007
Copyright 2007 Roger David Von Dippe
Object Description
| Title | The origin and development of continuous narrative in Roman art, 300 B.C. - A.D. 200 |
| Author | Von Dippe, Roger David |
| Author email | rvod20@aol.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Art History |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-09-04 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-12-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Pollini, John |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Boyle, Anthony Yasin, Anne-Marie |
| Abstract | The dissertation investigates the continuous narrative format in Roman art, exploring its origins in art of the ancient Mediterranean and discussing developments in the interdisciplinary context of Roman culture and society. Although individual examples of continuous narrative have been extensively studied, no synthesis to date has related the various artifacts as members of a distinct genre or attempted to situate such a genre as the product of Roman societal, cultural and intellectual developments. The study provides a novel approach to both Roman narratology and the investigation of message transmission between ancient artists and their audience.; Continuous narrative is one of the rare genres of Roman art for which there are few Greek antecedents. A consensus exists that the format advanced considerably in the Roman era, in directions that went substantially beyond extant Greek examples. The study addresses reasons for the popularity of the style in Roman art and investigates specific developments it underwent in Roman hands, situating these developments in the context of Roman society and culture.; Topics addressed in Part I of the dissertation include: The origin and antecedents of Roman continuous narrative; Roman social structures and beliefs that influenced narrative art; Roman attitudes to Greek culture and their effect on cultural production; and the influence of other aesthetic and intellectual disciplines on the content and style of Roman visual narrative. Part II is devoted to the examination of individual examples of continuous narrative in Roman art, including public relief sculpture, funerary commemorations and paintings from a domestic context.; The study concludes that major Roman innovations in continuous narration include the development of extensive landscape backgrounds and the invention of the panel type of continuous narration. This new continuous format introduced the deliberate inconsistencies in size and perspective that became a feature of visual narratives of the Imperial period. The popularity of continuous narration in Roman art is correlated with a proclivity for telling complex stories as completely as possible, combined with a willingness to sacrifice the rational, realisticrepresentation of space and time, subordinating such considerations to viewer reception and impartation of a desired message to an audience. |
| Keyword | art history; narrative; Roman |
| Coverage date | -0300/0200 |
| Coverage era | 300 B.C. - 200 A.D. |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m980 |
| Rights | Von Dippe, Roger David |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-VonDippe-20071213 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-VonDippe-20071213.pdf |
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| Full text | THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINUOUS NARRATIVE IN ROMAN ART, 300 B.C. – A.D. 200 by Roger David Von Dippe A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ART HISTORY) December 2007 Copyright 2007 Roger David Von Dippe |
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