| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 592 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Image & context ; v. 2 |
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Image & context ; v. 2.
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The so-called Roman private portrait -- Corporates spaces, houses, villas and tombs -- The material of Roman portraits -- Statuary body types of Roman men: all about status? -- Abbreviated formats -- Selves and others: ways of expressing identity in the Roman male portrait -- Roman women in public -- Representing the Roman emperor -- Power, honour, and memory |
| Summary |
The highest honour a Roman citizen could hope for was a portrait statue in the forum of his city. While the emperor and high senatorial officials were routinely awarded statues, strong competition existed among local benefactors to obtain this honour, which proclaimed and perpetuated the memory of the patron and his family for generations. There were many ways to earn a portrait statue but such local figures often had to wait until they had passed away before the public finally fulfilled their expectations. It is argued in this book that our understanding and contemplation of a Roman portrait understanding and contemplation of a Roman portrait statue is greatly enriched, when we consider its wider historical context, its original setting, the circumstances of its production and style, and its base which, in many cases, bore a text that contributed to the rhetorical power of the image |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-553) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Art and society -- Rome
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Portrait sculpture -- Italy -- Rome
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Portrait sculpture, Roman -- Italy -- Rome
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ART -- Sculpture & Installation.
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Art and society
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Portrait sculpture
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Portrait sculpture, Roman
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Bildnisstatue
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Romersk porträttskulptur.
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Konst och samhälle -- Romerska riket.
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Italy -- Rome
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Rome (Empire)
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Römisches Reich
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783110209990 |
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3110209993 |
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1282073222 |
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9781282073227 |
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9786612073229 |
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6612073225 |
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3111737020 |
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9783111737027 |
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