The Lost shield portraits of Aphrodisias. Reflections on Style and Patronage

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ID19339730
AuthorsJulia Lenaghan (0000-0003-0590-9224, University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume30
Pages189-216
Publication date2019-03-20
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueActa ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0065-0900 • E-ISSN: 2611-3686
PublisherUniversity of Oslo Library (PUBLISHER • NO)
DOI10.5617/acta.6871
OpenAlexW2924937680
LanguageEN
References cited6

The paper re-examines a series of lost shield portraits discovered by Paul Gaudin in Aphrodisias in 1904-1905. It focuses on three aspects of these objects: the technical details of the carving and choice of model (style), the structural specifications (manufacture), and the subject matter (iconography and theme). It endeavors to place these objects in the context of other shield portraits found more recently at Aphrodisias and to evaluate them in light of recent scholarship on late antique sculpture. It stresses the similarities between these shield portraits and others from the site and reflects on possible contexts for the Aphrodisian shield portraits, considering for the first time the possibility that all of these Aphrodisian shield portraits might have come from the same context

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Carving · Context (archaeology) · Political science · Portrait · Scholarship · Sculpture · Shield · Style (visual arts) · Theme (computing) · Visual arts · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Geology · History · Law

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