Classical sculpture : catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek, and Roman stone sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology / Irene Bald Romano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romano, Irene Bald, author.

University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Contributor:

Romano, Irene Bald.

Series:

University Museum monograph ; 125.

Museum monograph ; no. 125

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculpture, Classical--Catalogs.

Sculpture, Classical.

Sculpture, Cypriot--Catalogs.

Sculpture, Cypriot.

Sculpture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Catalogs.

Sculpture.

University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology--Catalogs.

University of Pennsylvania.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This first complete published catalogue of one of the most important classical sculpture collections in the United States includes 154 works from Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Asia Minor, North Africa, Roman Syria and Palestine, Egypt, and Babylonia, ranging in date from the late seventh century B.C. to the fourth century A.D.Each piece receives a complete description with measurements and report of condition, a list of the previous published sources, and a commentary reflecting the most recent scholarship, along with extensive photographic documentation. Various audiences will appreciate the accessibility of the scholarship presented here-students may engage in further study on some of topics raised by individual pieces or groups of sculptures, and the scholarly community will welcome a work that provides an up-to-date and comprehensive examination of a significant classical sculpture collection in one of the world's great archaeology museums.University Museum Monograph, 125

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Illustrations and Illustrations on CD

Preface

Acknowledgment

CATALOGUE

Cypriot Sculpture (1-16)

Greek Sculpture (17-43)

Sculpture from the Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis, Lake Nemi (44-82)

Sculpture from Colonia Minturnae (83-90)

Sculpture from Teanum Sidicinum (91-92)

Sculpture from Nysa Scythopolis (93-101)

Other Roman Sculpture (102-124)

Uncertain Works or Forgeries (125-129)

Palmyrene and Graeco-Parthian Sculpture (130-154)

Bibliography

Concordance

Index

About the Author

The following images appear on the CD-ROM that accompanies the printed volume

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-21251-X

9786613212511

1-934536-29-6

OCLC:

759158163