the author argues for a new appreciation of the advances and range of Hellenistic art and the influence it continued to exert on Mediterranean culture into the first centuries of the new millennium

It also introduces unfamiliar artists to a wider audience and juxtaposes well-known painters in new ways

who emphasized narrative and the complex use of light for symbolic meaning

and Italian wine merchants crowded its dusty streets

and ritual uses for many of them

Women in the Ancient World Renaissance the author argues for aJenifer Neils This book takes a fresh look at visual representations of women in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome and analyzes them for indications of women's roles in these societies. After examining their traditional functions as wives and mothers, the author presents evidence of women's participation in the public and religious spheres. Juxtapositions comparing images and attitudes of each society reveal whether the women portrayed