Classical Sculpture : : Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek, and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology / / Irene Bald Romano.

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• VerfasserIn: Romano, Irene Bald,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (332 p.)

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

Table of 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