Author: Cornelius Clarkson VermeulePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Greek Sculpture and Roman Taste
Author: Cornelius Clarkson VermeulePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Afterlife of Greek and Roman Sculpture
Author: Lea StirlingPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472121820
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
For centuries, statuary décor was a main characteristic of any city, sanctuary, or villa in the Roman world. However, from the third century CE onward, the prevalence of statues across the Roman Empire declined dramatically. By the end of the sixth century, statues were no longer a defining characteristic of the imperial landscape. Further, changing religious practices cast pagan sculpture in a threatening light. Statuary production ceased, and extant statuary was either harvested for use in construction or abandoned in place. The Afterlife of Greek and Roman Sculpture is the first volume to approach systematically the antique destruction and reuse of statuary, investigating key responses to statuary across most regions of the Roman world. The volume opens with a discussion of the complexity of the archaeological record and a preliminary chronology of the fate of statues across both the eastern and western imperial landscape. Contributors to the volume address questions of definition, identification, and interpretation for particular treatments of statuary, including metal statuary and the systematic reuse of villa materials. They consider factors such as earthquake damage, late antique views on civic versus “private” uses of art, urban construction, and deeper causes underlying the end of the statuary habit, including a new explanation for the decline of imperial portraiture. The themes explored resonate with contemporary concerns related to urban decline, as evident in post-industrial cities, and the destruction of cultural heritage, such as in the Middle East.
Supports in Roman Marble Sculpture
Author: Anna AnguissolaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108307922
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Figural and non-figural supports are a ubiquitous feature of Roman marble sculpture; they appear in sculptures ranging in size from miniature to colossal and of all levels of quality. At odds with modern ideas about beauty, completeness, and visual congruence, these elements, especially non-figural struts, have been dismissed by scholars as mere safeguards for production and transport. However, close examination of these features reveals the tastes and expectations of those who commissioned, bought, and displayed marble sculptures throughout the Mediterranean in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Drawing on a large body of examples, Greek and Latin literary sources, and modern theories of visual culture, this study constitutes the first comprehensive investigation of non-figural supports in Roman sculpture. The book overturns previous conceptions of Roman visual values and traditions and challenges our understanding of the Roman reception of Greek art.
The Ancient Art of Emulation
Author: Elaine K. GazdaPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472111893
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Are copies of Greek and Roman masterpieces as important as the originals they imitate?
The Language of the Muses
Author: Miranda MarvinPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892368068
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Since the Renaissance, it has been generally accepted that almost all Roman sculptures depicting ideal figures were copies of Greek originals. This text traces the origin of this idea to the academic belief in the mythical perfection of now-lost Greek art.
Roman Art
Author: Nancy Lorraine ThompsonPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392228
Category : Art, Roman
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
A complete introduction to the rich cultural legacy of Rome through the study of Roman art ... It includes a discussion of the relevance of Rome to the modern world, a short historical overview, and descriptions of forty-five works of art in the Roman collection organized in three thematic sections: Power and Authority in Roman Portraiture; Myth, Religion, and the Afterlife; and Daily Life in Ancient Rome. This resource also provides lesson plans and classroom activities."--Publisher website.
Greek Sculpture
Author: Mark D. FullertonPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119115310
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
Greek Sculpture presents a chronological overview of the plastic and glyptic art forms in the ancient Greek world from the emergence of life-sized marble statuary at the end of the seventh century BC to the appropriation of Greek sculptural traditions by Rome in the first two centuries AD. Compares the evolution of Greek sculpture over the centuries to works of contemporaneous Mediterranean civilizations Emphasizes looking closely at the stylistic features of Greek sculpture, illustrating these observations where possible with original works rather than copies Places the remarkable progress of stylistic changes that took place in Greek sculpture within a broader social and historical context Facilitates an understanding of why Greek monuments look the way they do and what ideas they were capable of expressing Focuses on the most recent interpretations of Greek sculptural works while considering the fragile and fragmentary evidence uncovered
Greek Sculpture and Roman Taste
Author: Cornelius VermeuleGreek and Roman Sculpture in America
Author: Cornelius Clarkson VermeulePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520044517
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture
Author: Elise A. FriedlandPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199921822
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
Situates the study of Roman sculpture within the fields of art history, classical archaeology, and Roman studies, presenting technical, scientific, literary, and theoretical approaches.