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Myth & marble: ancient Roman sculpture from the Torlonia Collection

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    • Ancient Roman sculpture from the Torlonia Collection
    • Myth and marble

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"Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection invites you to explore the storied Torlonia Collection, one of the largest and most important collections of ancient Roman sculptures in the world. It boasts portraits of individuals and the imperial family, sculptures of gods and heroes, and large-scale funerary monuments. This book presents stunning new images of dozens of these sculptures, most of them dating to the height of the Roman Empire, and half of which have not been conserved, photographed, displayed, or published since the nineteenth century. Essays introduce readers to Roman sculpture and visual culture through these works and connect the cosmopolitanism of ancient Romans with our experiences of their art today, to provide an engaging and fresh introduction to the Torlonia Collection."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

The Torlonia Family Tree -- Roman Art and the Torlonia Collection -- Talking Statues: Antiquity and Cosmopolitanism -- Portraits -- Funerary Art -- Gods and Goddesses -- Reliefs -- Ideal Forms -- A Collection of Collections: The Torlonia Museum and Its Antiquities.

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    Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, [2025]

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    • 9780300279658
    • 0300279655

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    Myth and Marble : Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title co-organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and The Torlonia Foundation, in collaboration with the Kimbell Art Museum, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and The Museum Box. Exhibition dates The Art Institute of Chicago March 15-June 29, 2025 Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth, Texas September 14, 2025-January 25, 2026 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts March 14-July 19, 2026

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