Why Ancient Objects Matter
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Edited by:
Nicholas Cipolla
About this book
This collection of twenty-eight essays by emerging and established scholars presents work that deeply engages with the materiality and history of Greek and Roman artworks, artifacts, and monuments. Dedicated to Prof. John Pollini in honor of his contributions to the study of the ancient Mediterranean world, this volume reflects the broad range of his scholarship, from sculpture (especially portraiture) and its ancient contexts to material studies, iconographic analysis, and the complex ways that religious and political change both shape and are shaped by material culture. The contributions assembled in this volume highlight the diverse ways in which contemporary scholars construct interpretations of visual art based on a deep understanding of the ancient world, precise attention to detail and technique, and rigorous research into the historical contexts of objects, myths, literature, and iconography. Through their interdisciplinary approaches, the contributors offer new insights on artistic production, viewer reception, and social history, with an emphasis on the theme of "transformation" as objects, artworks, and ideas journey through time and from one culture to another.
Author / Editor information
Nicholas Cipolla, Anne F. LaGatta, Candace Weddle Livingston, Peter J.M. Schertz, USA; Ambra Spinelli, Italy; Sarah K. Yeomans, USA.
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments
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Preface
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Contents
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Introduction
1 - Part I: Portraiture and Honorific Statuary
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Look Up! The Roman Fornix as an Architectural Solution to Problems of Honorific Display
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An Amber Augustus at Olympia
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Tiberius in the Michael C. Carlos Museum: A Portrait Masterpiece
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The Priest’s Tale
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Intellectualizing Images? Private Male Portraits and the Second Sophistic in Rome
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Peleus and the φθόνος θεῶν
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Aphrodite, Pan, and Eros and an Inscription at the Établissement of the Poseidoniastai of Berytos: Internationalism in the Cult Sanctuaries of Delos
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The Judgement of Orestes and the Agamemnonidae: Some Observations on Transmission and Transformation in Roman Art
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Amazons at Herculaneum
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Spectacle and Society: Mythological Wall Paintings in the Tablinum of Houses at Pompeii and Herculaneum
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The Mistress of the Beasts and Her Humpbacked Bulls: New Considerations About the Breeding of Sacrificial Animals and Roman Trade with India
189 - Part III: The Rhetoric of Empire
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Roman Power and Greek Sanctuaries: Two Studies
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The Mausoleum of Augustus and Etruscan Precedents for Roman Renewal
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The Phasing and Design of the Calendrical Device (“Horologium”) of Augustus
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Aeneas and Romulus in the Forum of Augusta Emerita (Hispania)
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New Evidence for the Forum Marsyas Statue Type
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Fantastic Beasts and How to Use Them: Griffins and the Phoenix in Visual Panegyric
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Death and the Maiden: Meditations on a Kylix by the Brygos Painter
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Hellenistic Gold and Silver Luxury Tableware as a Legacy of Roman Spoils of War
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Metallurgical Innovations at the Time of Julius Caesar and Augustus
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Portrait of a Medical Practice: The Marcianopolis Instrumentarium
379 - Part V: After Antiquity: Restoration, Forgery, Reception
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The Capitoline Lion Attacking a Horse—An Icon of Feline-Equine Combat
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Gnaios: In Search of an Artistic Personality
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“Time is Truly Forgetful”: The Black Stones in Early Modern Rome
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Finding the Particular: On the Ancient Portrait in the History of Scholarship
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A Late Republican Statue from Rome and Its Transformation
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A Putative Second Century CE Roman Sarcophagus in Los Angeles: The Dynamics of Establishing a Fake
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Experts: The Story behind a Forged Roman Sarcophagus
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List of Contributors
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Index
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