Details

Subject(s)

• Statues—Rome [Browse]
• Portrait sculpture, Roman [Browse]
• Art and society—Rome [Browse]
• Symbolism in art—Rome [Browse]

Series

• Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation. [More in this series]
• Oxford scholarship online. [More in this series]

Summary note

By analyzing ancient texts and images, this book unravels the web of associations which surrounded Roman statues. The author illuminates them in ancient terms, explaining expectations of what statues were or ought to be.

Notes

• Formerly CIP.
• Previously issued in print: 2004.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages [304]-325) and index.

Source of description

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Language note

English

Contents

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Defining Statues in Word and Image; 2. The Appearance of Statues; 3. Portrait Statues and the Statuesque; 4. The Other Population of Rome; 5. Statues in the Empire; 6. Simulacra and Signa; 7. The Private Sphere; 8. Touching Statues; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

ISBN

• 0-19-180838-5
• 1-280-84573-2
• 0-19-151424-1
• 1-4294-6930-7

OCLC

• 476259318
• 1406780725

Doi

• 10.1093/oso/9780199240944.001.0001

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