Drawn from the remarkable collection of the Musée du Louvre, this exhibition was co-curated by Daniel Roger and Cécile Giroire, curators in the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities Department of Musée du Louvre.  Roger and Giroire examined aspects of Roman art—from the first century B.C. through the early fourth century A.D.—within artistic, historical, and socio-cultural contexts. Themes such as religion, urbanism, war, imperial expansion, funerary practices, intellectual life, and family were represented by more than one hundred eighty objects, including mosaics, frescoes, terracotta statuettes, monumental sculptures, sarcophagi, reliefs, and glass and metal vessels. Arranged thematically rather than chronologically, the exhibition highlighted, contrasted, and underscored continuities that characterize these artistic manifestations of Roman public and private life.

Published by the AFA and Hudson Hills Press, the fully illustrated catalogue accompanying the exhibition includes new scholarship and serves as a valuable resource for both scholars and the general public.

Exhibition Itinerary: the Indianapolis Museum of Art (September 23, 2007–January 6, 2008); the Seattle Art Museum (February 21–May 11, 2008); the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (June 19–October 12, 2008).