Ancient Sculptural Copies in Miniature

Bartman, Elizabeth, PhD (Research Fellow, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA)
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Hardback
352 pages
94 Plates
Published: 1992
Publisher: Brill
ISBN / EAN: 9004095322

Copying engaged Roman sculptors throughout the centuries-long practice of their craft. This work investigates the statuette copy. Following a general discussion of the history and function of the miniature, it studies several famous statuary types that s