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Juno : a colossal Roman statue
- Title
- Juno : a colossal Roman statue / Christine Kondoleon.
- Author
- Kondoleon, Christine
- Publication
- Boston : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [2020]
- ©2020
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQD 21-172 | Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gänsicke, Susanne
- Description
- 71 pages : color illustrations, map; 21 cm.
- Summary
- If this monumental second-century Roman statue could speak, she would tell of travels from a theater in ancient Rome to a Christian church to the gardens of an Italian prince's villa -- and then across the Atlantic to a suburban garden, where she endured for a century before finding a home at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Although standing 13 feet tall and weighing some 13,000 pounds, this colossal statue has a long history of hiding in plain sight. Now, stylistic evaluation, historical research and technical examination have revealed connections with five other "sister" statues, all carved of Carrara marble, that were part of an Augustan renewal of Rome. Despite losing her head (and gaining a new one), and suffering damage and repairs, she has continued to be admired throughout two millennia. As the largest classical sculpture in America, newly restored and protected from the elements at last, she has just begun to share her secrets.
- Series Statement
- MFA Spotlight series
- Uniform Title
- MFA spotlight.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Art.
- Note
- Includes an essay by Susanne Gänsicke.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-68).
- Call Number
- JQD 21-172
- ISBN
- 9780878468775
- 0878468773
- LCCN
- 2020945909
- OCLC
- 1181993601
- Author
- Kondoleon, Christine, author.
- Title
- Juno : a colossal Roman statue / Christine Kondoleon.
- Publisher
- Boston : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- MFA Spotlight seriesMFA spotlight.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-68).
- Added Author
- Gänsicke, Susanne, contributor.
- Research Call Number
- JQD 21-172