This book combines archaeology and epigraphy to discuss portraits in ancient art within the context of city-states honouring individuals through erecting statues, and families imitating this practice. This tells us a lot about the history of these cities and how ancient art worked as a construction of relations during the Hellenistic period.
This book combines archaeology and epigraphy to discuss portraits in ancient art within the context of city-states honouring individuals through erecting statues, and families imitating this practice. This tells us a lot about the history of these cities and how ancient art worked as a construction of relations during the Hellenistic period.
John Ma is a Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. A former Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, he has taught at Princeton and has held visiting appointments in Paris. He is interested in ancient history, especially Greek, and archaeology.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface List of Illustrations List of Plans List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I Statues and stories 1: Towards a Grammar of Honours 2: The Politics of the Accusative Part II Statues and Places 3: Statues in their Spaces 4: Statues in their Places Part III Statues and Families 5: The Shape of Private Monuments 6: Private Spaces, Private Statues Part IV Statues as Images 7: Making an Honorific Portrait 8: Looking at an Honorific Portrait Conclusion Plans Bibliography Index Locorum General Index
Preface List of Illustrations List of Plans List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I Statues and stories 1: Towards a Grammar of Honours 2: The Politics of the Accusative Part II Statues and Places 3: Statues in their Spaces 4: Statues in their Places Part III Statues and Families 5: The Shape of Private Monuments 6: Private Spaces, Private Statues Part IV Statues as Images 7: Making an Honorific Portrait 8: Looking at an Honorific Portrait Conclusion Plans Bibliography Index Locorum General Index
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