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Author Fejfer, Jane.

Title Roman portraits in context / Jane Fejfer.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 592 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Image & context ; v. 2
Image & context ; v. 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-553) and indexes.
Contents The so-called Roman private portrait -- Corporates spaces, houses, villas and tombs -- The material of Roman portraits -- Statuary body types of Roman men: all about status? -- Abbreviated formats -- Selves and others: ways of expressing identity in the Roman male portrait -- Roman women in public -- Representing the Roman emperor -- Power, honour, and memory.
Summary The highest honour a Roman citizen could hope for was a portrait statue in the forum of his city. While the emperor and high senatorial officials were routinely awarded statues, strong competition existed among local benefactors to obtain this honour, which proclaimed and perpetuated the memory of the patron and his family for generations. There were many ways to earn a portrait statue but such local figures often had to wait until they had passed away before the public finally fulfilled their expectations. It is argued in this book that our understanding and contemplation of a Roman portrait understanding and contemplation of a Roman portrait statue is greatly enriched, when we consider its wider historical context, its original setting, the circumstances of its production and style, and its base which, in many cases, bore a text that contributed to the rhetorical power of the image.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Art and society -- Rome.
Portrait sculpture -- Italy -- Rome.
Portrait sculpture.
Italy -- Rome.
Portrait sculpture, Roman -- Italy -- Rome.
Portrait sculpture, Roman.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Fejfer, Jane. Roman portraits in context. Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2008 9783110186642 3110186640 (OCoLC)299693605
ISBN 9783110209990 (electronic book)
3110209993 (electronic book)
3110186640
9783110186642