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

• Superior document: Monumenta Graeca et Romana ; 18
• Author: Prusac, Marina.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill ;, Biggleswade : : Extenza Turpin [distributor],, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Monumenta Graeca et Romana 18.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction The history of sculpture reuse and related problems -- Chapter One The reuse of sculpture and recarving of portraits -- Chapter Two Statistical analyses -- Chapter Three The 1st-2nd centuries ce and the damnatio memoriae portraits -- Chapter Four The Third century CE -- Chapter Five Late Antiquity and the emergence of new visual expressions -- Chapter Six Recarving methods -- Chapter Seven Classifications -- Chapter Eight Social aspects -- Conclusions Oblivion and reinvention -- Summary -- Map with portrait provenances -- The Roman imperial succession until Justinian I -- Catalogue of recarved portraits -- Bibliography -- Index of museums and collections -- Concordances -- General index -- Figure plates 1-155.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction The history of sculpture reuse and related problems -- Chapter One The reuse of sculpture and recarving of portraits -- Chapter Two Statistical analyses -- Chapter Three The 1st-2nd centuries ce and the damnatio memoriae portraits -- Chapter Four The Third century CE -- Chapter Five Late Antiquity and the emergence of new visual expressions -- Chapter Six Recarving methods -- Chapter Seven Classifications -- Chapter Eight Social aspects -- Conclusions Oblivion and reinvention -- Summary -- Map with portrait provenances -- The Roman imperial succession until Justinian I -- Catalogue of recarved portraits -- Bibliography -- Index of museums and collections -- Concordances -- General index -- Figure plates 1-155.