Statues in Roman Society : Representation and Response
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation
ISBN-10
0199599718
ISBN-13
9780199599714
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 20th, 2011
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
682 grams
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19.00 x 24.60 x 2.50 cms
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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.
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.
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