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- ISBN 9781948488631
- Weight: 651g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Apr 2021
- Publisher: Lockwood Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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This volume tackles a pressing issue in Roman art history: that many sculptures conventionally used in our scholarship and teaching lack adequate information about their find locations.
Questions of context are complex, and any theoretical and methodological reframing of Roman sculpture demands academic transparency. This volume is dedicated to privileging content and context over traditions of style and aesthetics. Through case studies, the chapters illustrate multivariate ways to contextualize ancient objects. The authors encourage Roman art historians to look beyond conventional interpretations; to reclaim from the study of Greek sculpture the Roman originals that are too often relegated to discussions of "copies" and "models"; to consider the multiple, dynamic, and shifting contexts that one sculpture could experience over the centuries of its display; and to recognize that post-antique receptions can also offer insight into interpretations of ancient viewers.
The collected topics were originally presented in three conference sessions: "Grounding Roman Sculpture" (Archaeological Institute of America, 2019); "Ancient Sculpture in Context" (College Art Association, 2017); and "Ancient Sculpture in Context II: Reception" (College Art Association, 2019).
Peter D. De Staebler is assistant professor in the History of Art and Design Department, Pratt Institute. Anne Hrychuk Kontokosta is assistant professor/faculty fellow of Roman art and architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
