Early Greek portraiture : monuments and histories

1. Verfasser: Keesling, Catherine, 1965-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Umfang/Format: xvii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
Excellence > Social aspects > Greece > History.
Gods, Greek > Social aspects > History.
Heroes > Social aspects > Greece > History.
Monuments > Greece > History.
Portrait sculpture, Ancient > Greece.
Portrait sculpture, Greek.
Portraits > Social aspects > Greece > History.
ART / History / Ancient & Classical.
Greece > Antiquities.
Greece > Historiography.
Greece > Social life and customs.
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 2 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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 Retrospective portraits as historical documents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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