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Cosa : the sculpture and furnishings in stone and marble / Jacquelyn Collins-Clinton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Collins-Clinton, Jacquelyn, author.
- Series:
- Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Supplementary ; Volume 15.
- Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Supplementary ; Volume 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sculpture, Roman--Italy--Cosa (Extinct city).
- Sculpture, Roman.
- Marble sculpture--Italy--Cosa (Extinct city).
- Marble sculpture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Cosa, a small Roman town, has been excavated since 1948 by the American Academy in Rome.This new volume presents the surviving sculpture and furniture in marble and other stones and examines their nature and uses.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part 1: Introduction
- Chapter 1: Archaeological Context
- History and Topography
- The Sculptures: Public Sphere
- The Sculptures: Private Sphere
- Furniture and Furnishings
- Findspots and Places of Display
- Materials
- Piecing
- Chapter 2: The Historical Context
- Introduction
- The Embellishment of Cosa in the Late Republic
- The Embellishment of Cosa in the Empire (Augustus-Hadrian)
- The Late Empire (Severans - Late Antiquity
- Postlude
- Part 2: Catalogue
- Chapter 3: Public Statuary
- Public Statues
- Portrait Heads
- Portrait Statuary
- Chapter 4: Domestic Sculpture
- Statuettes
- Herms
- Miniature Herm Busts
- Oscilla
- Other Decorative Pieces
- Chapter 5: Tables
- Table Supports
- Table Tops
- Tables Bases and Plinths
- Chapter 6: Altars
- Catalogue
- Chapter 7: Basins and Their Supports
- Chapter 8: Puteals (Wellheads)
- Chapter 9: Sundials
- Chapter 10: Body Parts
- Heads
- Necks and Tenons
- Shoulders and Arms
- Hands
- Legs
- Feet
- Appendix: Colored Marbles at Cosa
- Bardiglio
- Giallo antico
- Lumachella orientale
- Pavonazzetto
- Portasanta
- Selected Bibliography
- Plates.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-472-12611-3
- OCLC:
- 1237410574
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