1st Edition

Public Statues Across Time and Cultures

Edited By Christopher P. Dickenson Copyright 2021
280 Pages 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the ways in which statues have been experienced in public in different cultures and the role that has been played by statues in defining publicness itself. The meaning of public statues is examined through discussion of their appearance and their spatial context and of written discourses having to do with how they were experienced. Bringing together experts working on... Read more

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2. How accessible were statues in Pharaonic Egypt?

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3. Portrait Statues in the Athenian Agora in the Roman period: the archaeological evidence

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4. Populating public Palmyra : Display of statues and their impact on the perception of public space in Roman Palmyra

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5. The statue in Byzantium: Some questions and cases

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6. Looking up in Judgement. How to see the Early Modern Statue through the Late Medieval Crucifix in Italy 

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7. When Venus Mocked the Pope: Ancient Sculptures in the possessi of Renaissance Rome 

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8. Monumentalising Burghers of the Low Countries: Living Statues in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Joyous Entries 

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9. Street monuments and the idea of national ‘improvement’ through tolerant coexistence in Post-Restoration Britain (1660-1770)

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10. From Empires Past to Nation State: Figurative Public Statues in Istanbul

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Biography

Christopher P. Dickenson is an independent researcher based in Denmark.