Reuse and Renovation in Roman Material Culture: Functions, Aesthetics, Interpretations

Author:   Diana Y. Ng (University of Michigan, Dearborn) ,  Molly Swetnam-Burland (College of William and Mary, Virginia)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108473897


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   06 September 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Diana Y. Ng (University of Michigan, Dearborn) ,  Molly Swetnam-Burland (College of William and Mary, Virginia)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 26.10cm
Weight:   0.790kg
ISBN:  

9781108473897


ISBN 10:   110847389
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   06 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction. 'Reuse, renovation, reiteration' Diana Y. Ng and Molly Swetnam-Burland; 1. 'The reuse and redisplay of honorific statues in Pompeii' Brenda Longfellow; 2. 'The Vigiles, dynastic succession and symbolic reappropriation in the Caserma dei Vigili at Ostia' Margaret L. Laird; 3. 'The epigraphy of appropriation: retrospective signatures of Greek sculptors in the Roman World' Catherine M. Keesling; 4. 'Gateways to the past: the Hadrianic architecture of procession in Pisidian Antioch and Athens' Adrian J. Ossi; 5. 'Visual literacy and reuse in the architecture of late Imperial Rome' Elisha Ann Dumser; 6. 'Urban transformations at Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity: destruction or intentional preservation?' Esen Ogus; 7. 'Acquiring the antique in Byzantine Rome: the economics of architectural reuse at Santa Maria Antiqua' Gregor Kalas; 8. 'The afterlife of the amphitheater: cultural biography and social memory at Tarragona' Sheila Bond.

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...this is the first book entirely dedicated to reuse and renovation in the Roman world; it is an invaluable contribution to the field and provides an important jumping off point for future studies. --Bryn Mawr Classical Review


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Diana Y. Ng is Associate Professor of Art History, Department of Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts, University of Michigan, Dearborn. Her scholarship focuses on the public art and architecture of the Roman empire, especially in the Greek East. She has been published in the Journal of Roman Studies and Istanbuler Mitteilungen. Molly Swetnam-Burland is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the College of William and Mary, Virginia, and is a scholar of Roman painting and sculpture. She is the author of Egypt in Italy: Visions of Egypt in Roman Imperial Culture (Cambridge, 2015).

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