The Oxford handbook of Roman sculpture

The Oxford handbook of Roman sculpture / edited by Elise A. Friedland and Melanie Grunow Sobocinski ; with Elaine K. Gazda.

Sculptures populated both the urban and private realms of the Roman world in numbers unparalleled today. They were essential to communicating political, religious, and social messages, and as such, provide an invaluable entrée into Roman society. This Handbook presents a rigorous appraisal of Roman...

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Other Authors: Friedland, Elise A. (Editor), Sobocinski, Melanie Grunow, 1972- (Editor), Gazda, Elaine K., 1943- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Series:Oxford handbooks online.
Subjects:
Sculpture, Roman > History.
Sculpture, Roman > Themes, motives.
Sculpture, Roman
Sculpture, Roman > Themes, motives
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Collecting in premodern Europe / Elizabeth Bartman
  • Conservation and restoration / Jerry Podany
  • Collecting in early America / Hima Mallampati Gleason
  • Current trends in museum display / Jessica Powers
  • Three-dimensional scanning and modeling / Bernard Frischer
  • Marble quarries : ancient imperial administration and modern scientific analyses / Patrizio Pensabene, Eleonora Gasparini Translated by, Massimo Carlucci
  • Marble carving techniques, workshops, and artisans / Amanda Claridge
  • Reuse and recarving : technical evidence / Eric R. Varner
  • Bronzes / Carl C. Mattusch
  • Terracottas / Adi Erlich
  • Polychromy / Mark B. Abbe
  • Transport and distribution / Ben Russell
  • Style : applications and limitations / Mark D. Fullerton
  • Etruscan connections / Nancy T. De Grummond
  • Idealplastik and the relationship between Greek, and Roman sculpture / Anna Anguissola
  • Portraiture / Susan Wood
  • Monumental reliefs / Melanie Grunow Sobocinski, Elizatbeth Wolfram Thill
  • Archaism and eclecticism / Lori-Ann Touchette
  • Egyptian-style monuments / Molly Swetnam-Burland
  • Late antique sculpture / Christian Witschel
  • Architectural settings / Brenda Longfellow
  • Religious dedications / Matthew M. McCarty
  • Domestic displays / Elaine K. Gazda
  • Funerary monuments / Bjorn C. Ewald
  • Epigraphy and patronage / Steven L. Tuck
  • Imperial messages / Barbara Kellum
  • Non-elite patronage / Lauren Hackworth Petersen
  • Gender / Eve D'Ambra, Francesca Tronchin
  • Northern Gaul, Germany, and Britain / Kimberly Cassibry
  • Hispaniae and Narbonensis / Alicia Jimenez, Isabela Roda
  • North Africa / Francois Barrate, Nathalie De Chaisemartin
  • Greece / Mary C. Sturgeon
  • Asia Minor / Diana Y. Ng
  • Egypt / Christina Riggs
  • Near East / Thomas Maria Weber
  • Aesthetics and Latin literary reception / Michael Squire
  • Reception theory / Jennifer Trimble
  • Ancient analogs of museums / Josephine Shaya
  • Images of statues in other media / Eric M. Moormann
  • Human interactions with statues / Ellen E. Perry
  • Iconoclasm / Troels Myrup Kristensen.

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