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Book Notes on sculptures in Rome and Florence together with a Lucianic fragment and a criticism of Peacock s poem  Rhododaphne  ed  by H B  Forman

Download or read book Notes on sculptures in Rome and Florence together with a Lucianic fragment and a criticism of Peacock s poem Rhododaphne ed by H B Forman written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Remarks on  Mandeville   etc  Notes on sculptures in Rome and Florence  Fragments  Defense of poetry  Translations  Letters 1809 1817

Download or read book Remarks on Mandeville etc Notes on sculptures in Rome and Florence Fragments Defense of poetry Translations Letters 1809 1817 written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Supports in Roman Marble Sculpture

Download or read book Supports in Roman Marble Sculpture written by Anna Anguissola and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Figural and non-figural supports are a ubiquitous feature of Roman marble sculpture; they appear in sculptures ranging in size from miniature to colossal and of all levels of quality. At odds with modern ideas about beauty, completeness, and visual congruence, these elements, especially non-figural struts, have been dismissed by scholars as mere safeguards for production and transport. However, close examination of these features reveals the tastes and expectations of those who commissioned, bought, and displayed marble sculptures throughout the Mediterranean in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Drawing on a large body of examples, Greek and Latin literary sources, and modern theories of visual culture, this study constitutes the first comprehensive investigation of non-figural supports in Roman sculpture. The book overturns previous conceptions of Roman visual values and traditions and challenges our understanding of the Roman reception of Greek art.

Book Statues in Roman Society

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter Stewart
  • Publisher : Oxford Studies in Ancient Cult
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 0199240949
  • Pages : 350 pages

Download or read book Statues in Roman Society written by Peter Stewart and published by Oxford Studies in Ancient Cult. This book was released on 2003 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statues are among the most familiar remnants of classical art. Yet their prominence in ancient society is often ignored. In the Roman world statues were ubiquitous. Whether they were displayed as public honours or memorials, collected as works of art, dedicated to deities, venerated as gods,or violated as symbols of a defeated political regime, they were recognized individually and collectively as objects of enormous significance.By analysing ancient texts and images, Statues in Roman Society unravels the web of associations which surrounded Roman statues. Addressing all categories of statuary together for the first time, it illuminates them in ancient terms, explaining expectations of what statues were or ought to be anddescribing the Romans' uneasy relationship with 'the other population' in their midst.

Book Looking at Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone

Download or read book Looking at Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone written by Janet Burnett Grossman and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a an anthemion? What is giallo antico marble? Who was Praxiteles? This richly illustrated book -- in the popular Looking At series -- presents definitions and descriptions of these and many other terms relating to Greek and Roman sculpture encountered in museum exhibitions and publications on ancient stone sculpture. This is an indispensable guide to anyone looking for greater understanding of ancient sculpture and heightened enjoyment of the objects. Book jacket.

Book Roman Sculpture

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  • Author : Diana E. E. Kleiner
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1992-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780300059489
  • Pages : 477 pages

Download or read book Roman Sculpture written by Diana E. E. Kleiner and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roman sculpture was an integral part of Roman life, and the Romans placed statues and reliefs in their flora, basilicas, temples and public baths as well as in their houses, villas, gardens and tombs.

Book Gender  Identity and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture

Download or read book Gender Identity and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture written by Rosemary Barrow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture offers incisive analysis of selected works of ancient art through a critical use of cutting-edge theory from gender studies, body studies, art history and other related fields. The book raises important questions about ancient sculpture and the contrasting responses that the individual works can be shown to evoke. Rosemary Barrow gives close attention to both original context and modern experience, while directly addressing the question of continuity in gender and body issues from antiquity to the early modern period through a discussion of the sculpture of Bernini. Accessible and fully illustrated, her book features new translations of ancient sources and a glossary of Greek and Latin terms. It will be an invaluable resource and focus for debate for a wide range of readers interested in ancient art, gender and sexuality in antiquity, and art history and gender and body studies more broadly.

Book Roman Art

Download or read book Roman Art written by Nancy Lorraine Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete introduction to the rich cultural legacy of Rome through the study of Roman art ... It includes a discussion of the relevance of Rome to the modern world, a short historical overview, and descriptions of forty-five works of art in the Roman collection organized in three thematic sections: Power and Authority in Roman Portraiture; Myth, Religion, and the Afterlife; and Daily Life in Ancient Rome. This resource also provides lesson plans and classroom activities."--Publisher website.

Book Critical Perspectives on Roman Baroque Sculpture

Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Roman Baroque Sculpture written by Anthony Colantuono and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines seventeenth-century sculpture in Rome. Focuses on questions of historical context and criticism, including the interaction of theory and practice, the creative roles of sculptors and patrons, the relationship of sculpture to antique models and to contemporary painting, and contextual meaning and reception.

Book Gardens of the Roman Empire

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  • Author : Wilhelmina F. Jashemski
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2017-12-28
  • ISBN : 1108327036
  • Pages : 656 pages

Download or read book Gardens of the Roman Empire written by Wilhelmina F. Jashemski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gardens of the Roman Empire, the pioneering archaeologist Wilhelmina F. Jashemski sets out to examine the role of ancient Roman gardens in daily life throughout the empire. This study, therefore, includes for the first time, archaeological, literary, and artistic evidence about ancient Roman gardens across the entire Roman Empire from Britain to Arabia. Through well-illustrated essays by leading scholars in the field, various types of gardens are examined, from how Romans actually created their gardens to the experience of gardens as revealed in literature and art. Demonstrating the central role and value of gardens in Roman civilization, Jashemski and a distinguished, international team of contributors have created a landmark reference work that will serve as the foundation for future scholarship on this topic. An accompanying digital catalogue will be made available at: www.gardensoftheromanempire.org.

Book Roman Baroque Sculpture

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  • Author : Jennifer Montagu
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 1989-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780300053661
  • Pages : 262 pages

Download or read book Roman Baroque Sculpture written by Jennifer Montagu and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on contemporary biographies and a wealth of hitherto unpublished archival material to illuminate the position and practice of the Baroque sculptor, to enable the reader to appreciate, understand and evaluate the sculptural monuments of the Roman Baroque.

Book The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic written by Harriet I. Flower and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.

Book The Artists of the Ara Pacis

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  • Author : Diane Atnally Conlin
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9780807823439
  • Pages : 372 pages

Download or read book The Artists of the Ara Pacis written by Diane Atnally Conlin and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conlin questions the long-held assumption that the friezes' sculptors were anonymous Greek masters, directly influenced by the reliefs carved on the Parthenon. Through close analysis of the sculptures, Conlin demonstrates that the carvers of the large processional friezes were actually Italian-trained sculptors influenced by both native and Hellenic stonecarving practices. Her conclusions rest on a systematic examination of the evidence left on the marble by the sculptors themselves - the traces of tool marks, the carving of specific details, and the compositional formulas of the friezes.

Book Bernini

    Book Details:
  • Author : Franco Mormando
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2013-04-02
  • ISBN : 022605523X
  • Pages : 452 pages

Download or read book Bernini written by Franco Mormando and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the whirlwind life of the famed Italian sculptor who is known for his artistic and architectural contributions to the city of Rome.

Book Roman Portraits

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  • Author : Paul Zanker
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 2016-11-14
  • ISBN : 1588395995
  • Pages : 298 pages

Download or read book Roman Portraits written by Paul Zanker and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portrait sculptures are among the most vibrant records of ancient Greek and Roman culture. They represent people of all ages and social strata: revered poets and philosophers, emperors and their family members, military heroes, local dignitaries, ordinary citizens, and young children. The Met's distinguished collection of Greek and Roman portraits in stone and bronze is published in its entirety for the first time in this volume. Paul Zanker, a leading authority on Roman sculpture today, has brought his exceptional knowledge to the study of these portraits; in presenting them, he brings the ancient world to life for contemporary audiences. Each work is lavishly illustrated, meticulously described, and placed in its historical and cultural context. The lives and achievement of significant figures are discussed in the framework of the political, social, and practical circumstances that influenced their portrait's forms and styles—from the unvarnished realism of the late Republican period to the idealizing and progressively abstract tendencies that followed. Analyses of marble portraits recarved into new likenesses after their original subjects were forgotten or officially repudiated provide especially compelling insights. Observations on fashions in hairstyling, which typically originated with the Imperial family and spread as fast as the rulers' latest portraits could be distributed, not only edify and amuse but also link the Romans' motives and appetite for imitation to our own. More than a collection catalogue, Roman Portraits is a thorough and multifaceted survey of ancient portraiture. Charting the evolution of this art from its origins in ancient Greece, it renews our appreciation of an connection to these imposing, timeless works.

Book Remarks on  Mandeville   etc  Notes

Download or read book Remarks on Mandeville etc Notes written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Origins of Baroque Art in Rome

Download or read book The Origins of Baroque Art in Rome written by Alois Riegl and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delivered at the turn of the twentieth century, Riegl's groundbreaking lectures called for the Baroque period to be judged by its own rules and not merely as a period of decline.