Roman Portraits in Context : Roman Portraits in Context.
Title:
Roman Portraits in Context : Roman Portraits in Context.
Author:
Fejfer, Jane.
ISBN:
9783110209990
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (604 pages)
Series:
Image & Context ; v.2
Image & Context
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 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 -- Backmatter.
Abstract:
No other monumental art form was so widely disseminated throughout the Roman Empire as the portrait statue, and its impact on city life was crucial. By combining a wide socio-historical perspective with a close reading of individual images, their setting, and their inscribed texts, this book suggests how to read the meaning of portraits, even the ones which have been irrevocably isolated from their original context and now adorn museum galleries. Key Features: start of a new series unique photographic material explanation of the social and political rhetorics of Roman portraits.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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