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Roman sculpture in context / edited by Peter D. De Staebler and Anne Hrychuk Kontokosta.
Penn Museum Library NB115 .R655 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Selected papers on ancient art and architecture ; no. 6.
- Selected papers on ancient art and architecture ; number 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sculpture, Roman--Congresses.
- Sculpture, Roman.
- Art--Historiography--Methodology--Congresses.
- Art.
- Archaeological assemblages--Congresses.
- Archaeological assemblages.
- Art--Historiography--Methodology.
- Art--Historiography.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 290 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : Archaeological Institute of America, 2020.
- Summary:
- "This volume tackles a pressing issue in Roman art history: that many sculptures conventionally used in our scholarship and teaching lack adequate information about their find locations. Questions of context are complex, and any theoretical and methodological reframing of Roman sculpture demands academic transparency. This volume is dedicated to privileging content and context over traditions of style and aesthetics. Through case studies, the chapters illustrate multivariate ways to contextualize ancient objects. The authors encourage Roman art historians to look beyond conventional interpretations; to reclaim from the study of Greek sculpture the Roman originals that are too often relegated to discussions of "copies" and "models"; to consider the multiple, dynamic, and shifting contexts that one sculpture could experience over the centuries of its display; and to recognize that postantique receptions can also offer insight into interpretations of ancient viewers. The collected topics were originally presented in three conference sessions: "Grounding Roman Sculpture" (Archaeological Institute of America, 2019); "Ancient Sculpture in Context" (College Art Association, 2017); and Ancient Sculpture in Context II: Reception (College Art Association, 2019)"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The statues on the propylon of the Sebasteion Complex at Aphrodisias : "grounding" and the interpretation of archaeological context / Julia Lenaghan
- Provenance, historic restorations, and the "Perseus triumphant" statue type : an overlooked group of heroic hunter portrait statues from imperial Rome / Mark Abbe
- Virtual context for Roman sculpture / Sebastian Heath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781948488631
- 1948488639
- OCLC:
- 1224246077
- Publisher Number:
- 99988332849
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