Roman Portraits in Context |
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| Author:
| Anderson, Maxwell L. |
| ISBN: | 978-88-7813-138-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1994 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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The twenty-two masterworks in this exhibition--loaned to Emory University Museum by the Museo Nazionale Romano--include some of the most significant Roman portrait sculptures known. In the exhibition catalog, each portrait is first presented in a striking full-color photograph, and then detailed in four different perspectives in black and white photographs, accompanied by a detailed scholarly description.
Two historical essays by the authors place the magnificent sculptures...
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The twenty-two masterworks in this exhibition--loaned to Emory University Museum by the Museo Nazionale Romano--include some of the most significant Roman portrait sculptures known. In the exhibition catalog, each portrait is first presented in a striking full-color photograph, and then detailed in four different perspectives in black and white photographs, accompanied by a detailed scholarly description.
Two historical essays by the authors place the magnificent sculptures in the context of Roman society and relate whatever information survives about their discovery.