Thorsten Opper

Broschiertes Buch

The Meroë Head of Augustus

Beschreibung

Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the 'Meroe Head' is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesar's great nephew and adopted heir Augustus (63 BC-AD 14).

Autor

Thorsten Opper is a curator of Greek and Roman Sculpture at the British Museum, specializing in ancient portraiture, the Greek world in the Roman period, and the collecting and restoration of ancient sculpture in the eighteenth century. Thorsten joined the British Museum in 2001 from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. His previous publications include Hadrian: Empire and Conflict (London, British Museum Press, 2008).

Produktdetails

• Objects in Focus
• Verlag: British Museum Press
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 151mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 186g
• ISBN-13: 9780714150918
• ISBN-10: 0714150916
• Artikelnr.: 32947802