Effigies

Ancient Portraiture as Figuration of the Particular. Translated from German by Ross Brendle

By (author) Dietrich Boschung

Book cover: Effigies

Extent: 367 pages

Publisher: Brill | Fink

Subjects: Art & Art History, Classical Studies

Series: Morphomata

Series volume number: 53

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2021)

ISBN: 9783770566525

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $87.00

In stock

This volume shows how the portraits of the Greeks and Romans gave shape to and reinforced the perceptions of the particular character of a person. These considerations are based on intensive archaeological research, which in recent decades has successfully addressed questions of typology, identification, and historical classification of ancient portraits. Three aspects are examined in the interweaving of case studies and general reflections: the preconditions for the creation of portraits; the medial conditions of the creation processes; the efficacy of the created form.

  • By (author) Dietrich Boschung