Roman Portraits Book by Phaidon : Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning wear and marking due to age. Plates excellent. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

Format: Hardcover

Author: Phaidon

ISBN:

Publication year: 1945

Condition: Used - Good



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About the book >.>.> Roman Portraits MCMXLV Book by Phaidon

Roman portraiture is considered in relation to earlier Egyptian and Greek traditions. Egyptian art is described as attending closely to the body’s appearance, while Greek portraiture idealised the human form, presenting an enduring identity rather than a fleeting likeness. The discussion also traces a change in Greek art in the last two centuries before Christ, particularly in Alexandria, where artists depicted age, illness, deformity and poverty with pronounced naturalism, though their figures represented types rather than individuals.

The book identifies the Apennine peninsula as the home of true portraiture and examines Etruscan likeness-making. Etruscan artists drew on Eastern, Hellenic and related styles while depicting nature’s irregularities. Their sarcophagus figures, cinerary urn decorations, and terracotta heads of women and children are described as retaining individual character and conveying a sense of personal lives. The text also considers the possibility that some terracotta works were made from death masks or casts taken from living subjects. (MP)