Title: The last statues of antiquity /
Authors: Smith, R. R. R.,; Ward-Perkins, Bryan,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Statues Rome.; Statues Greece History; Statues Africa, North History; Statues; North Africa; Greece; Rome (Empire)
Abstract: 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. --Amazon description.
Contents: Statue practice in the late Roman empire: numbers, costumes, and style / R.R.R. Smith -- Statues at the end of antiquity: the evidence of the inscribed bases / Bryan Ward-Perkins -- Regions -- Italy / Carlos Machado -- North Africa / Gabriel de Bruyn and Carlos Machado -- Hispania, Gallia, and Raetia / Christian Witschel -- Danube provinces and north Balkans / Ulrich Gehn and Bryan Ward-Perkins -- Greek mainland and island / Ulrich Gehn -- Asia Minor / Julia Lenaghan -- Egypt, the Near East, and Cyprus / Ulrich Gehn and Bryan Ward-Perkins -- Cities -- Rome / Carlos Machado with Julia Lenaghan -- Constantinople / Ulrich Gehn and Bryan Ward-Perkins -- Aphrodisias / R.R.R. Smith -- Esphesus / Johanna Auinger and Alexander Sokolicek -- Corinth / Amelia Brown -- Athens / Ulrich Gehn -- Lepcis Magna / Francesca Bigi and Ignazio Tantillo -- Gortyna / Francesca Bigi and Ignazio Tantillo -- Chronology, Hnorands, Style -- Third century, from Alexander Severus to Carinus / Silja K. M. Spranger -- Provincial governors and senatorial office-holders / Marietta Horster -- Women / Kathrin Schade -- Cultural heroes / Julia Lenaghan -- Re-use in fourth-century portrait statues / Julia Lenaghan -- Portrait styles / Marianne Bergmann and Martin Kovacs -- The end of the statue habit, AD 284-620 / Bryan Ward-Perkins.