Title Statues in Roman society : representation and response / Peter Stewart.

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 333 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
	Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-325) and index.
Contents	Defining statues in word and image -- The appearance of statues -- Portrait statues and the statuesque -- The other population of Rome -- Statues in the empire -- Simulacra and signa -- The private sphere -- Touching statues.
Summary	Statues were everywhere in the Roman world. They served as objects of cult, honours to emperors and noblemen, and memorials to the dead. Combining close attention to individual Roman texts and images with an unprecedented broad perspective on this remarkable phenomenon, Statues in Roman Society explains the impact which all kinds of statuary had on the ancient population.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Statues -- Rome.
	Portrait sculpture, Roman.
	Portrait sculpture, Roman.
	Art and society -- Rome.
	Symbolism in art.
	Symbolism in art.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Stewart, Peter, 1971- Statues in Roman society. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003 0199240949 9780199240944 (DLC) 2004300118 (OCoLC)52323908
ISBN	9781429469302 (electronic book)
	1429469307 (electronic book)
	9780191514241 (electronic book)
	0191514241 (electronic book)
	0199240949 (Cloth)
	9780199599714 (paperback)
	0199599718 (paperback)

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