From face to face : : recarving of Roman portraits and the late-antique portrait arts / / by Marina Prusac.

• Superior document: Monumenta Graeca et Romana, v. 18
• Author: Prusac, Marina.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Monumenta Graeca et Romana ; v. 18.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Recarving of Roman portraits and the late-antique portrait arts
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1282952447; 9786612952449; 9004192328
• ISSN: 0169-8850
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Marina Prusac.

This book is based on an investigation of more than 2000 portraits of which around 500 have proven to be recarved. It provides thorough analyses of the different recarving methods, some of which can be attributed to geographically localized workshops, establishing classifiable categories, and an analytical text with special regard to the cultural historical changes in Late Antiquity. The investigation underpins a hypothesis on the late antique portraits style as a consequence of the many recarved portraits at the time, which relied on a syncretism of politics, religion and ideology. The conclusion gives a new understanding of how broad-scoped, culturally and politically encoded and comprehensive the practice of recarving was. This book is based on an investigation of more than 2000 portraits of which around 500 have proven to be recarved. It provides thorough analyses of the different recarving methods, some of which can be attributed to geographically localized workshops, establishing classifiable categories, and an analytical text with special regard to the cultural historical changes in Late Antiquity. The investigation underpins a hypothesis on the late antique portraits style as a consequence of the many recarved portraits at the time, which relied on a syncretism of politics, religion and ideology. The conclusion gives a new understanding of how broad-scoped, culturally and politically encoded and comprehensive the practice of recarving was.