Book chapter
Architectural Settings
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture
Oxford Handbooks in Archaeology, Oxford University Press
03/01/2015
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199921829.013.0023
Abstract
The earliest-known portraits and ideal statues in Republican Rome are associated with sacred locales and fora. By the imperial period, ideal statues and portraits of imperial family members and local elites adorned architectural monuments built throughout the Roman empire. From theaters to baths to monumental fountains, many of these edifices developed multistory aediculated façades for statuary display. In each architectural setting, local and imperial traditions contextualized and nuanced the statuary display of ideal and portrait statues, which followed basic rules of decorum to express the architectural function of the space and the social expectations of the patron and community. The concept of decorum, however, may have fluctuated over time and geography.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Architectural Settings
- Creators
- Brenda Longfellow - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Melanie Grunow Sobocinski (Editor) - University of Michigan–DearbornElise A Friedland (Editor) - George Washington UniversityElaine K Gazda (Editor) - history of art, University of Michigan
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Series
- Oxford Handbooks in Archaeology
- DOI
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199921829.013.0023
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Art and Art History; University College Courses
- Record Identifier
- 9984398327202771
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