Women and Visual Replication in Roman Imperial Art and Culture |
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Author:
| Trimble, Jennifer |
Series title: | Greek Culture in the Roman World Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-82515-3 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2011 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $148.00 |
Book Description:
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Roman portrait statues, famed for their individuality, repeatedly employed the same body forms. This book examines the 'Large Herculaneum Woman' statue type, a draped female body common in the second century CE and surviving in about two hundred examples, to demonstrate how sameness helped to communicate a woman's social identity.
Roman portrait statues, famed for their individuality, repeatedly employed the same body forms. This book examines the 'Large Herculaneum Woman' statue type, a draped female body common in the second century CE and surviving in about two hundred examples, to demonstrate how sameness helped to communicate a woman's social identity.