"The Roman Empire: Art Forms and Civic Life" by Hans Peter L'Orange, published by Rizzoli, New York, 1985, printed in Italy, First American Edition; illustrated.

Dust jacket protected in mylar cover, hard boards, original dark-blue cloth with silvery lettering on spine; large format: 9.1/4" x 12"; black endpapers, 235 pages including Contents and Index of Illustrations, very good condition.

"In this study, originally published in Norway as Fra Principat Til Dominat, Professor L'Orange sets down the essence of his thought on the crucial period of transition from decentralization to standardization in civic and cultural life-a period not unlike our own."

Hans Peter L'Orange (1903-1983) was a Norwegian art historian and classical archaeologist. He was a professor of classical archaeology at the University of Oslo from 1942 to 1973, and visiting professor at Harvard University (1950) and at Johns Hopkins University (1966–1967). In 1969, he was awarded the Arts Council Norway Honorary Award (Norsk kulturrads aerespris). He was awarded the Gunnerus Medal by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in 1970.

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