The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture

Elise A. Friedland is Associate Professor of Classics and Art History at George Washington University.Melanie Grunow Sobocinski is an independent scholar.Elaine Gazda is Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology and Curator of Hellenistic and Roman Antiquities for the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan.

• IntroductionElise A. Friedland and Melanie Grunow Sobocinski I. Collecting, Conservation, and Display 1.1 Collecting in pre-modern Europe, Elizabeth Bartman 1.2 Conservation and restoration, Jerry Podany 1.3 Collecting in early America, Hima Mallampati 1.4 Current trends in museum display, Jessica Powers 1.5 Three-dimensional scanning and modeling, Bernard Frischer II. Production and Distribution 2.1 Marble quarries: ancient imperial administration and modern scientific analyses, Patrizio Pensabene and Eleonora Gasparini 2.2 Marble carving techniques, workshops, and artisans, Amanda Claridge, 2.3 Reuse and recarving: technical evidence, Eric Varner 2.4 Bronzes, Carol Mattusch 2.5 Terracottas, Adi Erlich 2.6 Polychromy, Mark Abbe 2.7 Transport and distribution, Benjamin Russell III. Styles and Genres 3.1 Style: applications and limitations, Mark Fullerton 3.2 Etruscan connections, Nancy de Grummond 3.3 "Idealplastik" and the Relationship between Greek and Roman Sculpture, Anna Anguissola 3.4 Portraiture, Susan Wood 3.5 Monumental reliefs, Melanie Grunow Sobocinski and Elizabeth Wolfram Thill 3.6 Archaism and eclecticism, Lori-Ann Touchette 3.7 Egyptian-style monuments, Molly Swetnam-Burland 3.8 Late antique sculpture, Christian Witschel IV. Spatial and Social Contexts 4.1 Architectural settings, Brenda Longfellow 4.2 Religious dedications, Matthew McCarty4.3 Domestic displays, Elaine Gazda 4.4 Funerary monuments, Bjoern Ewald 4.5 Epigraphy and patronage, Steven L. Tuck 4.6 Imperial messages, Barbara Kellum 4.7 Non-elite patronage, Lauren Petersen 4.8 Gender, Eve D'Ambra and Francesca Tronchin V. Regions and Provinces 5.1 Northern Gaul, Germany, and Britain, Kimberly Cassibry 5.2 Hispaniae and Narbonensis, Alicia Jiménez and Isabel Rodà 5.3 North Africa, François Baratte and Nathalie de Chaisemartin 5.4 Greece, Mary Sturgeon 5.5 Asia Minor, Diana Ng 5.6 Egypt, Christina Riggs 5.7 Near East, Thomas M. Weber-Karyotakis VI. Viewing and Reception 6.1 Aesthetics and Latin Literary Reception, Michael Squire 6.2 Reception theory, Jennifer Trimble 6.3 Ancient analogs of museums, Josephine Shaya 6.4 Images of statues in other media, Eric Moormann 6.5 Human interactions with statues, Ellen Perry 6.6 Iconoclasm, Troels Myrup Kristensen Art CreditsIndex

[The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture] is an essential resource for any scholar of antiquity. ... Its cutting-edge approach and content, along with its breadth of material, makes this a monograph that any scholar of Roman art should have on their shelves.