Public Statues Across Time and Cultures

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Preface and Acknowledgements
1 Statues and Public Space: An Introduction
2 How Accessible Were Statues in Pharaonic Egypt?
3 Portrait Statues in the Athenian Agora in the Roman Period: The Archaeological Evidence
4 Populating Public Palmyra: The Display of Statues and Their Impact on the Perception of Public Space in Roman Palmyra
5 The Statue in Byzantium: Some Questions and Cases
6 Looking Up in Judgement: How to See the Early Modern Statue Through the Late Medieval Crucifix in Italy
7 When Venus Mocked the Pope: Ancient Sculptures in the Possessi of Renaissance Rome
8 Monumentalising Burghers of the Low Countries: Living Statues in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Joyous Entries
9 Street Monuments and the Idea of National ‘Improvement’ Through Tolerant Coexistence in Post-Restoration Britain (1660-1770)
10 From Empires Past to Nation State: Figurative Public Statues in Istanbul
Index