Review to V. Platt, M. Squire (ed.), The Frame in Classical Art: A Cultural History. Cambridge; New York 2017

The volume is organized into five parts. The first, Framing the Frame’, consists of a long, dense and extremely stimulating contribution by the editors, synthetizing and developing the work of the entire group of authors. Four more parts follow, analysing (and framing) different fields: Pictorial Space, Bodies, the Sacred, and, finally, Texts. The first paper, ‘Framing the visual in Greek and Roman antiquity: an introduction’, reflects on the core of the volume. Platt and Squire set forth the most interesting results and methodological innovations of the book in a clear and convincing way.