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

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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1. Verfasser: Prusac, Marina
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Schriftenreihe:Monumenta Graeca et Romana ; v. 18.
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Zusammenfassung: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, which together underpin a hypothesis that the late-antique portrait style is a consequence of the many recarved portraits at the time. The practice of portrait recarving emerged due to economic, political, religious and ideological factors, and was influenced by the cultural-historical changes of Lat.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxii, 202 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004182714
9004182713
9789004192324
9004192328
1282952447
9781282952447
9786612952449
661295244X

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