The afterlife of Greek and Roman sculpture : late antique responses and practices /
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Imprint: | Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2016. ©2016 |
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Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 424 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12681309 |
Other authors / contributors: | Kristensen, Troels Myrup, editor. Stirling, Lea Margaret, editor. |
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ISBN: | 9780472121823 0472121820 9780472119691 0472119699 |
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 and index. Print version record. |
Summary: | For centuries, statuary decor 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. Further, changing religious practices cast pagan sculpture in a threatening light. Statuary production ceased, and extant statuary was either harvested for use in construction or abandoned in place. The Afterlife of Greek and Roman Sculpture is the first volume to approach systematically the antique destruction and reuse of statuary, investigating key responses to statuary across most regions of the Roman world. The volume opens with a discussion of the complexity of the archaeological record and a preliminary chronology of the fate of statues across both the eastern and western imperial landscape. Contributors to the volume address questions of definition, identification, and interpretation for particular treatments of statuary, including metal statuary and the systematic reuse of villa materials. |
Other form: | Print version: 9780472119691 0472119699 |
Standard no.: | 40026274787 10.3998/mpub.8824429 |
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