Imperial Rome

Language: English

Published by Contemporanea Progetti, 2006

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Contemporanea Progetti, Florence, Italy, Published 2006. Paperback, 105 pp.; 22 cm; illustrated with color photographs throughout and a color map. In Very Good condition. Pictorial paper covers (Colosseum and a marble portrait of Augustus) show light bumping increasing toward the edges and corners, with mild shelf wear. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked.Exhibition catalogue produced by Contemporanea Progetti of Florence for a touring show of Roman antiquities drawn from Italian regional museums, presented at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta (September 2006 to January 2007) and the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston (February to August 2007). A centerpiece of the exhibition, given its own essay here, was the first North American showing of the Imperial Portraits of Pantelleria: three marble heads (Julius Caesar, the emperor Titus, and Antonia Minor) recovered in 2003 from cisterns on the acropolis of the Sicilian island of Pantelleria. The Caesar head corresponds closely to his coin portraits of 44 BC and is counted among the most faithful surviving likenesses of him. Color photographs throughout document Roman sculpture, portrait busts, coins, cameos, engraved gems, funerary marbles, and household objects, arranged by theme.Contents: Introduction (Giuseppina Carlotta Cianferoni); Imperial Rome (Domizia Tami); Architecture and the City in the Roman Empire (Eugenio Martera); The Imperial Portraits of Pantelleria (Caterina Greco, Antonella Testa); The Emperors; Gods, Religions and Cults; Private Life; The Roman Household; Public Life; Pax Romana; Legacy.…

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Title
Imperial Rome
Author
Giuseppina Carlotta Cianferoni; Eugenio Martera
Publisher
Contemporanea Progetti
Publication year
2006
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
Dimensions
22 cm
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