Rich with illustrations, photos, and fresh topics throughout, ROMAN ART,Fourth Edition is a truly absorbing introduction to the painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts of the Roman world. Clear and comprehensive, it covers 1,300 years from the Etruscan forerunners to the introduction of Christianity under the Emperor Constantine the Great. With tantalizing new subject matter such as rescue excavations, art for private patrons, and erotic art, this book also features a timeline of the major periods, events, and artworks; more family trees of the imperial dynasties; and a table of Roman gods and goddesses and their Greek equivalents.