Early Greek portraiture : monuments and histories /

"In this book, Catherine M. Keesling lends new insight into the origins of civic honorific portraits that emerged at the end of the fifth century BC in ancient Greece. Surveying the subjects, motives and display contexts of Archaic and Classical portrait sculpture, she demonstrates that the phe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Keesling, Catherine M., 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Portrait sculpture, Greek.
Portrait sculpture, Ancient > Greece.
Portraits > Social aspects > Greece > History.
Monuments > Greece > History.
Excellence > Social aspects > Greece > History.
Gods, Greek > Social aspects > History.
Heroes > Social aspects > Greece > History.
Sculpture de portraits grecque.
Sculpture de portraits antique > Grèce.
Portraits > Aspect social > Grèce > Histoire.
Excellence > Aspect social > Grèce > Histoire.
Dieux grecs > Aspect social > Histoire.
Héros > Aspect social > Grèce > Histoire.
ART > History > Ancient & Classical.
ART > Sculpture & Installation.
Antiquities
Historiography
Manners and customs
Monuments
Portrait sculpture, Ancient
Portrait sculpture, Greek
Portraits > Social aspects
Greece > Antiquities.
Greece > Social life and customs.
Greece > Historiography.
Grèce > Antiquités.
Grèce > Mœurs et coutumes.
Greece
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Why portraits?
  • Part I. Portraits among Heroes and Gods
  • 1. From votive statues to honorific portraits
  • 2. Arete, heroism, and divine choice in early Greek portraiture
  • 3. Portraits in Greek sanctuaries
  • Part II. Documenting Archaic and Classical Greek History
  • 4. Retrospective portraits as historical documents
  • 5. Early Greek portraits under Roman rule : removal, renewal, reuse, and reinscription
  • Conclusion: The limits of representation.

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