The afterlife of Greek and Roman sculpture : late antique responses and practices / Troels Myrup Kristensen and Lea Stirling, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stirling, Lea Margaret, editor.

Kristensen, Troels Myrup, editor.

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculpture, Classical--Appreciation--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Sculpture, Classical.

Altered sculptures--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Altered sculptures.

Sculpture materials--Recycling--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Sculpture materials.

Classical antiquities--Destruction and pillage--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Classical antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]

Summary:

For centuries, statuary décor was a main characteristic of any city, sanctuary, or villa in the Roman world.However, from the third century CE onward, the prevalence of statues across the Roman Empire declined dramatically.By the end of the sixth century, statues were no longer a defining characteristic of the imperial landscape.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Lives and Afterlives of Greek and Roman Sculpture: From Use to Refuse - Troels Myrup Kristensen and Lea Stirling

Part I. Practices of Deposition and Reuse

One. Metal Sculpture from Roman Britain: Scraps but Not Always Scrap - Ben Croxford

Two. Sculptural Deposition and Lime Kilns at Roman Villas in Italy and the Western Provinces in Late Antiquity - Beth Munro

Three. "Christ-Loving Antioch Became Desolate": Sculpture, Earthquakes, and Late Antique Urban Life - Troels Myrup Kristensen

Part II. Regional Perspectives

Four. Old Habits Die Hard: A Group of Mythological Statuettes from Sagalassos and the Afterlife of Sculpture in Asia Minor - Ine Jacobs

Five. The Reuse of Ancient Sculpture in the Urban Spaces of Late Antique Athens - Nadin Burkhardt

Six. Crosses, Noses, Walls, and Wells: Christianity and the Fate of Sculpture in Late Antique Corinth - Amelia R. Brown

Seven. The Reuse of Funerary Statues in Late Antique Prestige Buildings at Ostia - Cristina Murer

Eight. Germans, Christians, and Rituals of Closure: Agents ofCult Image Destruction in Roman Germany - Philip Kiernan

Nine. The Fate of Classical Statues in Late Antique and Byzantine Sicily: The Cases of Catania and Agrigento - Denis Sami

Ten. The Fate of Sculpture on the Lower Danube in Late Antiquity: Preliminary Observations - Cristina-Georgeta Alexandrescu

Part III. Grand Narratives

Eleven. Shifting Use of a Genre: A Comparison of Statuary Décor in Homes and Baths of the Late Roman West - Lea Stirling

Twelve. The Disappearing Imperial Statue: Toward a Social Approach - Benjamin Anderson

Tthirteen. The Sunset of 3D - Paolo Liverani

Fourteen. Travelers' Accounts of Roman Statuary in the Near East and North Africa: From Limbo and Destruction to Museum Heaven - Michael Greenhalgh.

Contributors

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

"This book developed out of two seminars held in the Department of History and Classical Studies at Aarhus University on 26 September 2008 and 25 March 2011."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-411) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

0-472-12182-0

OCLC:

958517240

Publisher Number:

10.3998/mpub.8824429