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Relief (Sculpture), Roman --- Marble sculpture, Roman --- Roman relief (Sculpture) --- Roman marble sculpture

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Figural and non-figural supports are a ubiquitous feature of Roman marble sculpture; they appear in sculptures ranging in size from miniature to colossal and of all levels of quality. At odds with modern ideas about beauty, completeness, and visual congruence, these elements, especially non-figural struts, have been dismissed by scholars as mere safeguards for production and transport. However, close examination of these features reveals the tastes and expectations of those who commissioned, bought, and displayed marble sculptures throughout the Mediterranean in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Drawing on a large body of examples, Greek and Latin literary sources, and modern theories of visual culture, this study constitutes the first comprehensive investigation of non-figural supports in Roman sculpture. The book overturns previous conceptions of Roman visual values and traditions and challenges our understanding of the Roman reception of Greek art.

Marble sculpture, Roman. --- Struts (Stone carving) --- Stone carving --- Roman marble sculpture

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Marble sculpture --- Marble sculpture, Ancient --- Marble sculpture, Greek --- Temple of Aphaia (Greece) --- Aegina Island (Greece) --- Greece --- Antiquities --- Marble sculpture, Greek - Aegina --- Marble sculpture - Aegina --- Aegina Island (Greece) - Antiquities --- Greece - Antiquities

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Marble sculpture, Greek --- Marble sculpture, Roman --- Marble --- Expertising --- Analysis --- Conferences - Meetings --- Expertising. --- Analysis. --- Metamorphic rocks --- Calcium carbonate

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The foremost neoclassical sculptor of his age, Antonio Canova is best known for his masterpiece The Three Graces, embodying in marble an ideal of feminine beauty. Descended from stonecutters, Canova was apprenticed to the sculptor Giuseppe Bernardi, quickly establishing his reputation for originality through works such as Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss. The idealism of his art, moving away from ornate baroque style, did much to increase the popularity of contemporary sculpture, and his skills were greatly acclaimed and in demand during his lifetime. The present work, first published in 1825 by the Scottish minister John Smythe Memes, is one of the many eulogistic works that appeared soon after Canova's death. Opening with a contextualising history of the development of modern sculpture, the book closely studies Canova's body of work and also contains a chronological catalogue of his creations.

Sculptors --- Marble sculpture, Italian --- Sculpture --- History --- History. --- Canova, Antonio, --- Italian marble sculpture --- Kanova, Antonio, --- Canova, --- Canova, Antoine,