Statues in Roman Society - Representation and Response

Klappentext Statues are among the most familiar remnants of classical art. Yet their prominence in ancient society is often ignored. In the Roman world statues were ubiquitous. Whether they were displayed as public honours or memorials! collected as works of art! dedicated to deities! venerated as gods! or violated as symbols of a defeated political regime! they were recognized individually and collectively as objects of enormous significance. By analysing ancient texts and images! Statues in Roman Society unravels the web of associations which surrounded Roman statues. Addressing all categories of statuary together for the first time! it illuminates them in ancient terms! explaining expectations of what statues were or ought to be and describing the Romans' uneasy relationship with 'the other population' in their midst. Zusammenfassung Statues were everywhere in the Roman world. They served as objects of cult, honours to emperors and noblemen, and memorials to the dead. Taking an unprecedentedly broad overview of this remarkable phenomenon, Statues in Roman Society explains the impact which all kinds of statuary had on the ancient population.

Summary

Statues were everywhere in the Roman world. They served as objects of cult, honours to emperors and noblemen, and memorials to the dead. Taking an unprecedentedly broad overview of this remarkable phenomenon, Statues in Roman Society explains the impact which all kinds of statuary had on the ancient population.

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• Authors: Peter Stewart, Peter (Lecturer in Classical Art and its Heritage at the Courtauld Institute of Art Stewart
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2011
• EAN: 9780199599714
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959971-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation; Oxford Studies in Ancient Cult; Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation; Oxford Studies in Ancient Cult; Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, ART / Sculpture & Installation, sculpture, History of Art, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Ancient Roman style