From face to face : recarving of Roman portraits and the Late-Antique portrait arts /

From face to face : recarving of Roman portraits and the Late-Antique portrait arts /

This book is based on an investigation of more than five hundred recarved portraits. It includes analyses of different recarving methods, some of which can be attributed to geographically localised workshops. The different recarving methods have made it possible to suggest classifiable categories, w...

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Main Author: Prusac, Marina.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

Edition: 2nd, rev. ed.

Series: Monumenta Graeca et Romana 18.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262430.

Subjects:

Portrait sculpture, Roman.
Altered sculptures.

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Call Number: NB1296.3 .P78 2016

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the history of sculpture reuse and related problems
  • The reuse of sculpture and recarving of portraits
  • Statistical analyses
  • The 1st-2nd centuries CE and the damnatio memoriae portraits
  • The Third century CE
  • Late antiquity and the emergence of new visual expressions
  • Recarving methods
  • Classifications
  • Social aspects
  • Conclusions : oblivion and reinvention
  • Summary
  • Map with portrait provinces
  • The Roman imperial succession until Justinian I
  • Calalogue of recarved portraits
  • Bibliography.