Statues were everywhere in the Roman world. They served as objects of cult, honors to emperors and noblemen, and memorials to the dead. Combining close attention to individual Roman texts and images with an unprecedented broad perspective on this remarkable phenomenon, Statues in Roman Society explains the impact that all kinds of statuary had on the ancient population.
Author(s): Peter Stewart
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 352
acknowledgements......Page 7
contents......Page 10
list of illustrations......Page 11
list of abbreviations......Page 14
Introduction......Page 18
the death of the statue......Page 24
representation and response......Page 30
one Defining Statues in Word and Image......Page 36
terminology......Page 37
roman statues in a hellenistic world......Page 45
depictions of statues......Page 52
proverbs and impossible things......Page 59
conclusion......Page 61
two The Appearance of Statues......Page 63
heads and bodies......Page 64
monsters......Page 76
primitive, alien, and aniconic statues......Page 81
fine art and coarse art: the case of priapus......Page 89
conclusion......Page 95
three Portrait Statues and the Statuesque......Page 96
the uses of portraits......Page 100
statuesque imagery......Page 109
statuesque statues......Page 125
people as statues......Page 129
conclusions......Page 134
four The Other Population of Rome......Page 135
some visual representations......Page 138
counting statues......Page 140
the overpopulation of statues......Page 145
celebrity......Page 153
urbem decorare et orbem......Page 157
moving statues......Page 165
conclusions......Page 171
five Statues in the Empire......Page 174
metropolitan statues......Page 175
the greek east......Page 179
statues in britain......Page 191
statues in spain......Page 196
conclusion......Page 199
six Simulacra and Signa......Page 201
gods on lamps......Page 212
statues on coins......Page 225
wall-painting......Page 231
conclusion......Page 238
seven The Private Sphere......Page 240
statues as art......Page 241
sculptural copying......Page 248
statuary typology......Page 253
private and public......Page 266
conclusions......Page 276
eight Touching Statues......Page 278
sex and violence......Page 281
‘damnatio memoriae’ and spontaneousstatue-destruction......Page 284
the meanings of iconoclasm......Page 295
the myth of mindless violence......Page 300
late antiquity......Page 307
conclusion......Page 315
Conclusions......Page 317
bibliography......Page 321
index......Page 344
