Author: Francesco D'AndriaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : it
Pages : 392
Book Description
Roman Sculpture in Asia Minor
Author: Francesco D'AndriaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : it
Pages : 392
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.
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.
Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor /cby Jale Inan and Elisabeth Rosenbaum
Author: Jale InanHandbook of Greek Sculpture
Author: Olga PalagiaPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1614513538
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
The Handbook of Greek Sculpture aims to provide a detailed examination of current research and directions in the field. Bringing together an international cast of contributors from Greece, Italy, France, Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, the volume incorporates new areas of research, such as the sculptures of Messene and Macedonia, sculpture in Roman Greece, and the contribution of Greek sculptors in Rome, as well as important aspects of Greek sculpture like techniques and patronage. The written sources (literary and epigraphical) are explored in dedicated chapters, as are function and iconography and the reception of Greek sculpture in modern Europe. Inspired by recent exhibitions on Lysippos and Praxiteles, the book also revisits the style and the personal contributions of the great masters.
Looking at Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone
Author: Janet Burnett GrossmanPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892367085
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
What is a an anthemion? What is giallo antico marble? Who was Praxiteles? This richly illustrated book -- in the popular Looking At series -- presents definitions and descriptions of these and many other terms relating to Greek and Roman sculpture encountered in museum exhibitions and publications on ancient stone sculpture. This is an indispensable guide to anyone looking for greater understanding of ancient sculpture and heightened enjoyment of the objects. Book jacket.
Classical Sculpture
Author: University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyPublisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN: 1931707847
Category : CD-ROMs
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
"Romano describes each piece completely, with measurements, accession data where known, report of condition, a list of the published sources, and commentary reflecting the most recent scholarship. Photographs provide additional information for each entry. An accompanying CD includes 54 color images, many of which are of the pieces. Various audiences will appreciate the accessibility of the scholarship presented here; students may engage in further study on some of the topics raised by individual pieces or groups of sculptures, and the scholarly community will welcome a work that provides an up-to-date and comprehensive examination of a significant Classical sculpture collection."--BOOK JACKET.
Roman Funerary Sculpture
Author: Guntram KochPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892360852
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
During the Roman Empire lavish marble monuments to the dead were erected to decorate tombs and cemeteries. A group of these memorials, often so opulent that they required considerable economic sacrifice from the families who commissioned them, is catalogued in this volume.
Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor
Author: Jale InanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Portraits, Byzantine
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Rituals and Power
Author: S. R. F. PricePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521312684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Simon Price attempts to discover why the Roman Emperor was treated like a god.