Roman Portraits

by Ludwig Goldscheider

Among the greatest artistic achievements of the Roman Empire are portrait sculptures. Derived from an ancient tradition of making funerary effigies, these portraits are astonishing in their realism and expressive power, and their stern humanity speaks to us across the millennia with undiminished force and directness. Roman Portraits is a faithful reprint, in slightly reduced format, of a classic Phaidon plate book, first published in 1940. Its distinguished...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714844365
• ISBN13: 9780714844367
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 14 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 11.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary