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OverviewWhy say thank you with a portrait statue? This book combines two different and quite specialized fields, archaeology and epigraphy, to explore the phenomenon of portraits in ancient art within the historical and anthropological context of city-states honouring worthy individuals through erecting statues, and the development of families imitating this practice. This transaction tells us a lot about the history of these cities and how ancient art worked as a construction of relations during the Hellenistic period (c. 350 BC- c. AD 1), which is marked by a political culture of civic devotion, common decision making, and publicness.As honorific statues were considered public art, the volume also investigates the workings of images, representations, memory, and the monumental public form of permanent inscription, to see what stories the Hellenistic city-states can reveal about themselves. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Ma (Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, Corpus Christi College, Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 20.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 25.30cm Weight: 1.082kg ISBN: 9780199668915ISBN 10: 0199668914 Pages: 406 Publication Date: 27 June 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface List of Illustrations List of Plans List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I Statues and Stories 1: Towards a Grammar of Honours 2: The Politics of the Accusative Part II Statues and Places 3: Statues in their Spaces 4: Statues in their Places Part III Statues and Families 5: The Shape of Private Monuments 6: Private Spaces, Private Statues Part IV Statues as Images 7: Making an Honorific Portrait 8: Looking at an Honorific Portrait Conclusion Plans Bibliography Index Locorum General IndexReviewsThis book is well illustrated and contains 17 plans at the end. It is a very thorough look at what kinds of statues were set up, where, by whom, at what cost, and why. Recommended. * J .J. Gabbert, emerita, Wright State University, CHOICE * [T]his book is well illustrated and contains 17 plans at the end. It is a very thorough look at what kinds of statues were set up, where, by whom, at what cost, and why. Recommended. -J.J. Gabbert, emerita, Wright State University, CHOICE Author InformationJohn Ma is a Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. A former Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, he has taught at Princeton and has held visiting appointments in Paris. He is interested in ancient history, especially Greek, and archaeology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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