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

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

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This book is based on an investigation of more than five hundred recarved portraits. It includes analyses of different recarving methods, some of which can be attributed to geographically localised workshops. The different recarving methods have made it possible to suggest classifiable categories, w...

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Superior document:Monumenta Graeca et Romana, Volume 18
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Prusac, Marina,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Second revised edition
Language:English
Series:Monumenta Graeca et Romana ; Volume 18.
Physical Description:1 online resource (381 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the history of sculpture reuse and related problems
  • The reuse of sculpture and recarving of portraits
  • Statistical analyses
  • The 1st-2nd centuries CE and the damnatio memoriae portraits
  • The Third century CE
  • Late antiquity and the emergence of new visual expressions
  • Recarving methods
  • Classifications
  • Social aspects
  • Conclusions : oblivion and reinvention
  • Summary
  • Map with portrait provinces
  • The Roman imperial succession until Justinian I
  • Calalogue of recarved portraits
  • Bibliography.

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