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Author Keesling, Catherine M., 1965- author

Title Early Greek portraiture : monuments and histories / Catherine M. Keesling (Georgetown University)
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Contents Introduction: Why portraits? -- Part I. Portraits among Heroes and Gods -- 1. From votive statues to honorific portraits -- 2. Arete, heroism, and divine choice in early Greek portraiture -- 3. Portraits in Greek sanctuaries -- Part II. Documenting Archaic and Classical Greek History -- 4. Retrospective portraits as historical documents -- 5. Early Greek portraits under Roman rule : removal, renewal, reuse, and reinscription -- Conclusion: The limits of representation
Summary "In this book, Catherine M. Keesling lends new insight into the origins of civic honorific portraits that emerged at the end of the fifth century BC in ancient Greece. Surveying the subjects, motives and display contexts of Archaic and Classical portrait sculpture, she demonstrates that the phenomenon of portrait representation in Greek culture is complex and without a single, unifying history. Bringing a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, Keesling grounds her study in contemporary texts such as Herodotus' Histories and situates portrait representation within the context of contemporary debates about the nature of arete (excellence), the value of historical commemoration and the relationship between the human individual and the gods and heroes. She argues that often the goal of Classical portraiture was to link the individual to divine or heroic models. Offering an overview of the role of portraits in Archaic and Classical Greece, her study includes local histories of the development of Greek portraiture in sanctuaries such as Olympia, Delphi and the Athenian Acropolis"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 12, 2017)
Subject Portrait sculpture, Greek.
Portrait sculpture, Ancient -- Greece
Portraits -- Social aspects -- Greece -- History
Monuments -- Greece -- History
Excellence -- Social aspects -- Greece -- History
Gods, Greek -- Social aspects -- History
Heroes -- Social aspects -- Greece -- History
ART -- History -- Ancient & Classical.
ART -- Sculpture & Installation.
Antiquities
Historiography
Manners and customs
Monuments
Portrait sculpture, Ancient
Portrait sculpture, Greek
Portraits -- Social aspects
SUBJECT Greece -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057037
Greece -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057131
Greece -- Historiography
Subject Greece
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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