ISBN: 9788779349063

The study of Roman imperial statues has made remarkable strides in the last two decades. Yet the field's understandable focus on extant portraits has made it difficult to generalize accur… Mehr…

The study of Roman imperial statues has made remarkable strides in the last two decades. Yet the field's understandable focus on extant portraits has made it difficult to generalize accurately. Most notably, bronze was usually the material of choice, but its high scrap value meant that such statues were inevitably melted down, so that almost all surviving statues are of stone. By examining the much larger and more representative body of statue bases, Jakob Munk Hojte is here able to situate the statues themselves in context. This volume includes a catalogue of 2300 known statue bases from more than 800 sites within and without the Roman Empire. Moreover, since it covers a period of 250 years, it allows for the first time consistent geographic, chronological and commemorative patterns to emerge. Hojte finds among other things that imperial portrait statues are connected chiefly with urban centres; that they were raised continuously during a given reign, with a higher concentration a couple years after accession; that a primary purpose was often to advertise a donor's merits; and that they increased sixfold in frequency from Augustus to Hadrian, an increase attributable to community erections. Jakob Munk Hojte is post.doc. and research assistant at the Danish National Research Foundations Centre for Black Sea Studies. Digital Content>E-books>World History>Ancient Hist>Ancient Rome, Aarhus University Press Digital >16<

2005, ISBN: 9788779349063

from Augustus to Commodus, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), The study of Roman imperial statues has made remarkable strides in the last two decades. Yet the field's understandable focus on e… Mehr…

from Augustus to Commodus, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), The study of Roman imperial statues has made remarkable strides in the last two decades. Yet the field's understandable focus on extant portraits has made it difficult to generalize accurately. Most notably, bronze was usually the material of choice, but its high scrap value meant that such statues were inevitably melted down, so that almost all surviving statues are of stone. By examining the much larger and more representative body of statue bases, Jakob Munk Hojte is here able to situate the statues themselves in context. This volume includes a catalogue of 2300 known statue bases from more than 800 sites within and without the Roman Empire. Moreover, since it covers a period of 250 years, it allows for the first time consistent geographic, chronological and commemorative patterns to emerge. Hojte finds among other things that imperial portrait statues are connected chiefly with urban centres; that they were raised continuously during a given reign, with a higher concentration a couple years after accession; that a primary purpose was often to advertise a donor's merits; and that they increased sixfold in frequency from Augustus to Hadrian, an increase attributable to community erections. Jakob Munk Hojte is post.doc. and research assistant at the Danish National Research Foundations Centre for Black Sea Studies. [PU: Aarhus University Press], Seiten: 664, Aarhus University Press, 2005<

ISBN: 9788779349063

Roman Imperial Statue Bases - from Augustus to Commodus: ab 50.49 € eBooks > Geschichte & Dokus Aarhus University Press eBook als pdf, Aarhus University Press

2005, ISBN: 9788779349063

from Augustus to Commodus, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), [PU: Aarhus University Press], Aarhus University Press, 2005

2005, ISBN: 9788779349063

from Augustus to Commodus, eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: Aarhus University Press]