Roman Historical Representations

Hölscher, Tonio

doi:10.1002/9781118886205.ch2

A Companion to Roman Art 2015

DOI: 10.1002/9781118886205.ch2

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Roman Historical Representations

Tonio Hölscher¹

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“… 29 Attack by night would also express with dramatic effect the tireless, round-the-clock efforts of the conquering army: Faust 2012: 47–8. Dramatic night attacks were part of the repertoire of ancient battle representations: Hölscher 2004: 38.…”

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Divine Representation in Documentary Style: Gods on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius

Runeckles

2023

J. Rom. Stud.

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This article examines the important roles played by gods in the friezes of the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius and argues that they are treated in a distinctive ‘documentary’ style, comparable in certain ways to accounts of divine action in Roman historiography and designed to produce a compelling narrative effect. First, the Columns and the deities they depict are discussed. The article then looks at cognate descriptions of gods in historiographical texts. Finally, other contemporary monuments that portray the gods are briefly examined to bring out further the distinctive character of the gods on the Columns. This analysis will be seen to have wider implications for our understanding of ‘historical narrative reliefs’ and imperial representation.

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Divine Representation in Documentary Style: Gods on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius

Runeckles

2023

J. Rom. Stud.

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“… 2 By ‘monumental reliefs’, I refer to large-scale relief sculptures set up on publicly accessible structures, by persons acting in the capacity of official positions of authority. For methodological critique of the traditional terminology ‘historical’ or ‘state’ reliefs, see Hölscher 2015, 37; Sobocinski and Wolfram Thill 2015, 276–9.…”

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Dispatches from the Home Front: The Anaglypha Panels in Rome

Thill

2022

Britannia

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Discovered in the Forum Romanum, the Anaglypha Panels have traditionally been viewed as a monument concerned exclusively with the capital city. A new interpretation presented here argues that instead the panels represent a direct Senatorial response to Hadrianic provincial policy. This response drew on a recent more traditional monument, the Column of Trajan. By employing specific visual references from that military monument, the Anaglypha Panels plastered over the ideological gap left by Hadrian's reliance on peaceful consolidation. Rather than an obsequious paean to the emperor, the Anaglypha Panels can be seen as a Senatorial reminder of their expectations of their emperor, and even a rebuke to the emperor who turned his eyes from Rome.

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Polychromy on the Antonine Wall Distance Sculptures: Non-destructive Identification of Pigments on Roman Reliefs

Campbell¹

2020

Britannia

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Non-destructive analytical techniques are now widely and successfully employed in the fields of materials science and conservation. Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) and portable Raman spectrometry have proven particularly valuable for the rapid in-situ analysis of samples, but their applicability for the analysis of archaeological artefacts for which survival of surface treatments can be negatively impacted by post-depositional processes has been underexplored. Roman relief-sculpted monumental inscriptions from the Antonine Wall, commonly referred to as ‘Distance Slabs’, have offered an excellent opportunity to deploy these non-destructive techniques to determine whether they were originally adorned with pigments and, if so, to identify the colours used. This is a revolutionary approach to identifying colours on ancient sandstone sculpture that transforms our understanding of these unique monuments. Elemental composition analysis by pXRF has confirmed evidence for pigments and this is supported by the Raman results, making it possible to develop and reconstruct a palette of colours that originally brought these monuments to life in vibrant polychrome. The research offers a new methodology for identifying pigments on sandstone sculpture and opens new avenues for investigating other classes of material culture alongside the development of bespoke analytical equipment.

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Roman Historical Representations

Cited by 3 publications

References 13 publications

Divine Representation in Documentary Style: Gods on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius

Divine Representation in Documentary Style: Gods on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius

Dispatches from the Home Front: The Anaglypha Panels in Rome

Polychromy on the Antonine Wall Distance Sculptures: Non-destructive Identification of Pigments on Roman Reliefs

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