The Egyptian elite as Roman citizens : looking at Ptolemaic private portraiture / by Giorgia Cafici.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cafici, Giorgia, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Harvard Egyptological studies ; v. 14.

Harvard Egyptological studies, 2352-7501 ; volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portrait sculpture, Egyptian.

Sculpture, Egyptian.

Egypt--History--Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.

Egypt.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 530 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

"In The Egyptian Elite as Roman Citizens Giorgia Cafici offers the analysis of private, male portrait sculptures as attested in Egypt between the end of the Ptolemaic and the beginning of the Roman Period. Ptolemaic/Early Roman portraits are examined using a combination of detailed stylistic evaluation, philological analysis of the inscriptions and historical and prosopographical investigation of the individuals portrayed. The emergence of this type of sculpture has been contextualised, both geographically and chronologically, as it belongs to a wider Mediterranean horizon. The analysis has revealed that eminent members of the Egyptian elite decided to be represented in an innovative way, echoing of portraits of eminent Romans of the Late Republic, whose identity was surely known in Egypt"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Ptolemaic Portraiture: Historical Prejudice And Previous Research

1. Project's Motives and Objectives

2. History of Research

3. Methodology

4. Terminology and Conventions

2. Contextualising Ptolemaic Private Portraiture

1. Egypt between Greece and Rome

2. Ptolemaic Private Sculpture between Local Tradition and Artistic Innovation

3. Egyptian Portraiture and Its Coeval Mediterranean Context

3. Ptolemaic Private Portraiture: Stylistic, Archaeological And Prosopographical Analysis

1. Materials

2. Dimensions and Proportions

3. Statue Forms

4. Iconography

5. Treatment of the Face

6. Treatment of the Body

7. Dorsal Support

8. Inscriptions

9. Bases

10. Rework and Usurpation

11. Individuals

12. Provenance

4. Analysis, Interpretation And Dating

1. Ptolemaic Private Portraiture and Roman Republican Portraiture: Defining a Relationship

2. Sculptures without Realistic Traits

3. Sculptures Dated to the Early Ptolemaic Period and Statues of Uncertain Date

4. Conclusion

5. Figures

6. Catalogue

1. Introduction to the Catalogue

2. IP

3. UP.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Cafici, Giorgia, The egyptian elite as roman citizens

ISBN:

9789004432635

9004432639

OCLC:

1246676607

Publisher Number:

99988407315