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001 B8A01072E61D11E7AB1B6A7197128E48
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010    $a 2017003095
020    $a 1107162238
020    $a 9781107162235
035    $a (OCoLC)974869007
040    $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d ERASA $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d YDX $d YDX $d SILO
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050 00 $a NB1296.3 $b .K44 2017
082 00 $a 733/.3 $2 23
084    $a ART015060 $2 bisacsh
100 1  $a Keesling, Catherine M., $d 1965- $e author.
245 10 $a Early Greek portraiture : $b monuments and histories / $c Catherine M. Keesling, Georgetown University.
264  1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2017.
300    $a xvii, 309 pages ; $c 27 cm
520 2  $a "In this book, Catherine M. Keesling lends new insight into the origins of civic honorific portraits that emerged at the end of the fifth century BC in ancient Greece. Surveying the subjects, motives and display contexts of Archaic and Classical portrait sculpture, she demonstrates that the phenomenon of portrait representation in Greek culture is complex and without a single, unifying history. Bringing a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, Keesling grounds her study in contemporary texts such as Herodotus' Histories and situates portrait representation within the context of contemporary debates about the nature of arete (excellence), the value of historical commemoration and the relationship between the human individual and the gods and heroes. She argues that often the goal of Classical portraiture was to link the individual to divine or heroic models. Offering an overview of the role of portraits in Archaic and Classical Greece, her study includes local histories of the development of Greek portraiture in sanctuaries such as Olympia, Delphi and the Athenian Acropolis"--Provided by publisher.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0  $a Introduction: Why portraits? -- Part I. Portraits among Heroes and Gods -- 1. From votive statues to honorific portraits -- 2. Arete, heroism, and divine choice in early Greek portraiture -- 3. Portraits in Greek sanctuaries -- Part II. Documenting Archaic and Classical Greek History -- 4. Retrospective portraits as historical documents -- 5. Early Greek portraits under Roman rule : removal, renewal, reuse, and reinscription -- Conclusion: The limits of representation.
650  0 $a Portrait sculpture, Greek.
650  0 $a Portrait sculpture, Ancient $z Greece.
650  0 $a Portraits $x History. $z Greece $x History.
650  0 $a Monuments $z Greece $x History.
650  0 $a Excellence $x History. $z Greece $x History.
650  0 $a Gods, Greek $x History. $x History.
650  0 $a Heroes $x History. $z Greece $x History.
651  0 $a Greece $x Antiquities.
651  0 $a Greece $x Social life and customs.
651  0 $a Greece $x Historiography.
650  7 $a ART / History / Ancient & Classical. $2 bisacsh
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952    $l OVUX522 $d 20191210024918.0
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