The afterlife of Greek and Roman sculpture : late antique responses and practices /

For centuries, statuary decor was a main characteristic of any city, sanctuary, or villa in the Roman world. However, from the third century CE onward, the prevalence of statues across the Roman Empire declined dramatically. By the end of the sixth century, statues were no longer a defining characte...

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Other Authors / Creators:Kristensen, Troels Myrup, editor.
Stirling, Lea Margaret, editor.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • Practices of Deposition and Reuse
  • Metal Sculpture from Roman Britain: Scraps but Not Always Scrap / Ben Croxford
  • Sculptural Deposition and Lime Kilns at Roman Villas in Italy and the Western Provinces in Late Antiquity / Beth Munro
  • "Christ-Loving Antioch Became Desolate": Sculpture, Earthquakes, and Late Antique Urban Life / Troels Myrup Kristensen
  • Regional Perspectives
  • Old Habits Die Hard: A Group of Mythological Statuettes from Sagalassos and the Afterlife of Sculpture in Asia Minor / Ine Jacobs
  • The Reuse of Ancient Sculpture in the Urban Spaces of Late Antique Athens / Nadin Burkhardt
  • Crosses, Noses, Walls, and Wells: Christianity and the Fate of Sculpture in Late Antique Corinth / Amelia R. Brown
  • The Reuse of Funerary Statues in Late Antique Prestige Buildings at Ostia / Cristina Muter
  • Germans, Christians, and Rituals of Closure: Agents of Cult Image Destruction in Roman Germany / Philip Kiernan
  • The Fate of Classical Statues in Late Antique and Byzantine Sicily: The Cases of Catania and Agrigento / Denis Sami
  • The Fate of Sculpture on the Lower Danube in Late Antiquity: Preliminary Observations / Cristina-Georgeta Alexandrescu
  • Grand Narratives
  • Shifting Use of a Genre: A Comparison of Statuary Décor in Homes and Baths of the Late Roman West / Lea Stirling
  • The Disappearing Imperial Statue: Toward a Social Approach / Benjamin Anderson
  • The Sunset of 3D / Paolo Liverani
  • Travelers' Accounts of Roman Statuary in the Near East and North Africa: From Limbo and Destruction to Museum Heaven / Michael Greenhalgh.