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Die höchste Ehre, die ein römischer Bürger sich erhoffen konnte, war eine Porträtstatue auf dem Forum seiner Stadt. Während der Kaiser und hohe Senatsbeamte regelmäßig mit solchen Statuen geehrt wurden, war die Konkurrenz unter den Wohltätern der Städte um diese Ehrung groß: ging es doch um nicht weniger, als die Erinnerung an den geehrten Patron und seine Familie über Generationen hin öffentlich zu verkünden und zu verewigen. Zwar gab es viele Möglichkeiten, sich eine Porträtstatue zu verdienen; die lokalen Honoratioren mussten jedoch oft bis nach ihrem Tod warten, bevor ihre Hoffnung darauf von der Öffentlichkeit erfüllt wurde. Jane Fejfer weist zum ersten Mal nach, wie grundsätzlich unser Verständnis und unsere Wahrnehmung von römischen Porträtstatuen erweitert werden, wenn wir folgende Faktoren einer systematischen Analyse unterziehen: den historischen Kontext, die ursprüngliche Aufstellung, die Entsehungsbedingungen von Herstellung und Stil - und den Sockel, auf dem in vielen Fällen ein Text angebracht war, der die suggestive Wirkung des Bildes durch eine eigene Rhetorik ergänzte. The highest honour a Roman citizen could hope for was a portrait statue in the forum of his city. While the emperor and high senatorial officials were routinely awarded statues, strong competition existed among local benefactors to obtain this honour, which proclaimed and perpetuated the memory of the patron and his family for generations. There were many ways to earn a portrait statue but such local figures often had to wait until they had passed away before the public finally fulfilled their expectations. It is argued in this book that our understanding and contemplation of a Roman portrait statue is greatly enriched, when we consider its wider historical context, its original setting, the circumstances of its production and style, and its base which, in many cases, bore a text that contributed to the rhetorical power of the image.

Art and society --- Portrait sculpture --- Portrait sculpture, Roman --- Roman portrait sculpture --- Portraiture --- Sculpture --- Art --- Art and sociology --- Society and art --- Sociology and art --- Social aspects --- Roman Empire. --- sculptures.

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This lavishly illustrated book takes readers from prehistoric Santorini to Late Antique Rome to analyze the role of tradition in the transmission of culture and the creation, maintenance, and negotiation of identity in the ancient world. Covering a wide array of subjects, including cultic rituals and the use of magical objects and symbols, votive traditions in Greek sanctuaries, funerary portraits, and Iron Age pottery, Tradition reveals how culture inheres in each, and how actions and objects alike play a role in culture's continuation and change. With its thoroughly interdisciplinary approach, Tradition breaks new ground in studies of the classical and ancient world.

Civilization, Ancient --- Material culture --- Tradition (Philosophy) --- Civilisation ancienne --- Culture matérielle --- Tradition --- Congrès --- Civilization, Greco-Roman. --- Tradition (Philosophy).

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Sculpture, Roman --- Relief (Sculpture), Roman --- Statues --- Collectors and collecting --- Sculpture romaine --- Relief (Sculpture) romain --- Collectionneurs et collections --- Private collections --- History. --- Collections privées --- Histoire --- Blundell, Henry,

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