The Last Statues of Antiquity

ISBN-13: 9780198753322 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 544 str.

R. R. R. Smith; Bryan Ward-Perkins

Opis

Spanning centuries and the vastness of the Roman Empire, The Last Statues of Antiquity is the first comprehensive survey of Roman honorific statues in the public realm in Late Antiquity. Drawn from a major research project and corresponding online database that collates all the available evidence for the "statue habit" across the Empire from the late third century AD onwards, the volume examines where, how, and why statues were used, and why these important features of urban life began to decline in number before eventually disappearing around AD 600. Adopting a detailed comparative approach, the collection explores variation between different regions--including North Africa, Asia Minor, and the Near East--as well as individual cities, such as Aphrodisias, Athens, Constantinople, and Rome. A number of thematic chapters also consider the different kinds of honorand, from provincial governors and senators, to women and cultural heroes. Richly illustrated, the volume is the definitive resource for studying the phenomenon of late-antique statues. The collection also incorporates extensive references to the project's database, which is freely accessible online.

Recenzje

provide[s] fascinating insights into evolving attitudes to statuary in the Roman Empire across (and partly beyond) Late Antiquity ... [and reveals] that the 'statue habit' in Late Antiquity (and even earlier) was not very widespread and thus many cities and territories were not heavyweight participants in statuary display, or at least not in terms of honorific busts and images after the early Empire, even if those places are known to have been active and politically important in the late Empire Neil Christie, Medieval Archaeology

O autorze

R. R. R. Smith is Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the University of Oxford. Bryan Ward-Perkins is Director of the Ertegun Programme and Fellow of Trinity College at the University of Oxford.