Statues in Roman Society
Representation and Response
Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 5 February 2004
- ISBN 9780199240944
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 254x195x23 mm
- Weight 866 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous halftones 0
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Short description:
Statues were everywhere in the Roman world. They served as objects of cult, honours to emperors and noblemen, and memorials to the dead. Combining close attention to individual Roman texts and images with an unprecedented broad perspective on this remarkable phenomenon, Statues in Roman Society explains the impact which all kinds of statuary had on the ancient population.
MoreLong description:
Statues are among the most familiar remnants of classical art. Yet their prominence in ancient society is often ignored. In the Roman world statues were ubiquitous. Whether they were displayed as public honours or memorials, collected as works of art, dedicated to deities, venerated as gods, or violated as symbols of a defeated political regime, they were recognized individually and collectively as objects of enormous significance.
By analysing ancient texts and images, Statues in Roman Society unravels the web of associations which surrounded Roman statues. Addressing all categories of statuary together for the first time, it illuminates them in ancient terms, explaining expectations of what statues were or ought to be and describing the Romans' uneasy relationship with 'the other population' in their midst.
...the book's greatest strength is the sheer wealth of information provided in one place, with sharp critical judgement driving its syntheses.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Defining statues in word and image
The appearance of statues
Portrait statues and the statuesque
The other population of Rome
Statues in the Empire
Simulacra and signa
The private sphere
Touching statues
Conclusions
