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1 online resource (381 pages) |
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Monumenta Graeca et Romana Ser. ; v. 18 |
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Monumenta Graeca et Romana Ser
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Preface; Editorial note; Acknowledgments; List of diagrams and sketches; List of figures and photo credits; Introduction; The history of sculpture reuse and related problems; The Stand der Forschung of sculpture reuse; The identification of recarved sculpture; Organisation of the material; Terminology; Definitions of "style"; The function of recarved portraits; Chapter One; The reuse of sculpture and recarving portraits; Criteria for identification; Spolia and the recarving of portraiture ; The reuse of private sculpture; Relocated and discarded sculpture |
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Portrait heads in secondary contextsPagan sculptures in the early Christian period; The reuse of statuary in late-antique Constantinople; Marmora et ornamenta; The archetype of portraits ; Chapter Two; Statistical analyses; The relationship between new and recarved portraits; Test case within a defined geographical area; Chapter Three; The 1st-2nd centuries CE and the damnatio memoriae portraits; The significance of imperial portraiture; The damnatio memoriae portraits; Female portraits ; Chapter Four; The 3rd century CE; Economy and reuse |
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The styles of the recarved portraits from the 3rd century ceGallienus and a break with tradition; The soldier emperor portraits ; The philosopher portraits; A change in portrait function; Chapter Five; Late Antiquity and the emergence of new visual expressions; The Tetrarchic period; The Constantinian period ; Visual expression in the Constantinian period; From Valentinian I to Justinian I; Private recarved portraits in Late Antiquity; Chapter Six; Recarving methods; Marble and quarries; Workshops; Tools; From face to face ; Hairstyles; Facial features; Ears; Eyes |
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The lower facial features and the mouthTechniques; Chapter Seven; Classifications; The Bandit group; The Helmet group; The Ephesos-Tetrarch group; The Athens group; The Plotinus group; The Eutropius group; The Iamblichus group; From the Bandit group to the Eutropius group: a development of technique?; Chapter Eight; Social aspects; Imperial vs. private portraits; Gods and humans ; Recarvings across gender lines; Recarved female portraits ; Recarved portraits on sarcophagi; Norms ; Conclusions; Oblivion and reinvention; Summary; Map with portrait provenances |
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The Roman imperial succession until Justinian I Catalogue of recarved portraits; Introduction to the catalogue; Period 1; Male p ortraits; Imperial; Private; Female portraits ; Imperial; Private; Period 2; Male portraits; Imperial; Private; Female portraits; Imperial; Private; Period 3; Male portraits; Imperial; Private; Female portraits; Imperial; Private; Bibliography; Ancient sources; Modern sources; Index of museums and collections; Concordances; General index; Plates 1-155 |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Portrait sculpture, Roman.
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Altered sculptures.
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Altered sculptures.
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Portrait sculpture, Roman.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004324558 |
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9004324550 |
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