Statues and cities : honorific portraits and civic identity in the Hellenistic world

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Why say thank you with a portrait statue? This book combines two different and quite specialised fields, archaeology and epigraphy, to explore the phenomenon of honorific portraits in ancient art within the historical and anthropological context of city-states honouring worthy individuals through er...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Ma, John
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Zusammenfassung:
Why say thank you with a portrait statue? This book combines two different and quite specialised fields, archaeology and epigraphy, to explore the phenomenon of honorific portraits in ancient art within the historical and anthropological context of city-states honouring worthy individuals through erecting statues, and the development of families imitating this practice.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxv, 378 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation Statues and cities
ISBN:
0-19-180475-4
Schlagworte:
Portrait sculpture, Hellenistic > History > Greece.
City-states > Greece > History.
National characteristics in art > Greece.
Architectural inscriptions.
Monuments.
Regions & Countries - Europe
History & Archaeology
Greece
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