Statues in Roman Society: Representation and Response
Author:   Peter Stewart (Lecturer in Classical Art and its Heritage at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199599714


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   20 January 2011
Format:   Paperback
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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.

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Author:   Peter Stewart (Lecturer in Classical Art and its Heritage at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.684kg
ISBN:  

9780199599714


ISBN 10:   0199599718
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   20 January 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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Peter Stewart is Lecturer in Classical Art and its Heritage, Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

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