Termini ante quos: Bronze statuary from Late Hellenistic shipwrecks
Five shipwrecks dated to ca. 150-50 B.C. comprised – among other commodities – bronze statuary. In a few other cases, fragmentary statues have been found out of context, as a result of pillage or, less often, of mercantile transactions. Bronzes were very popular to Roman and other western aristocrat...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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2019
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | Five shipwrecks dated to ca. 150-50 B.C. comprised – among other commodities – bronze statuary. In a few other cases, fragmentary statues have been found out of context, as a result of pillage or, less often, of mercantile transactions. Bronzes were very popular to Roman and other western aristocrats and businessmen, since they were considered to be ideal for the ostentatious decoration of country and seaside villas. The bronze cargoes attest to the popularity and circulation of these particular works of art. The dates of these exceptional shipwrecks, obtained through examination of all the finds, offer a terminus ante quem for the date of manufacture of the bronzes they contained. Since the procedure involved in the production of both large and small-scale bronzes is essentially the same, practices and manufacturing techniques that are evident in the bronzes of the wrecks can provide useful chronological criteria for dating bronze replicas. |
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