The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture synthesizes current best practices for studying this central medium of Roman art, situating it within the larger fields of art history, classical archaeology, and Roman studies.

Introduction ; Elise A. Friedland and Melanie Grunow Sobocinski ; I. Collecting, Conservation, and Display ; 1.1 Collecting in pre-modern Europe, Elizabeth Bartman ; 1.2 Conservation and restoration, Jerry Podany ; 1.3 Collecting in early America, Hima Mallampati ; 1.4 Current trends in museum display, Jessica Powers ; 1.5 Three-dimensional scanning and modeling, Bernard Frischer ; II. Production and Distribution ; 2.1 Marble quarries: ancient imperial administration and modern scientific analyses, Patrizio Pensabene and Eleonora Gasparini ; 2.2 Marble carving techniques, workshops, and artisans, Amanda Claridge, ; 2.3 Reuse and recarving: technical evidence, Eric Varner ; 2.4 Bronzes, Carol Mattusch ; 2.5 Terracottas, Adi Erlich ; 2.6 Polychromy, Mark Abbe ; 2.7 Transport and distribution, Benjamin Russell ; III. Styles and Genres ; 3.1 Style: applications and limitations, Mark Fullerton ; 3.2 Etruscan connections, Nancy de Grummond ; 3.3 <"Idealplastik>" and the Relationship between Greek and Roman sculpture, Anna Anguissola ; 3.4 Portraiture, Susan Wood ; 3.5 Monumental reliefs, Melanie Grunow Sobocinski and Elizabeth Wolfram Thill ; 3.6 Archaism and eclecticism, Lori-Ann Touchette ; 3.7 Egyptian-style monuments, Molly Swetnam-Burland ; 3.8 Late antique sculpture, Christian Witschel ; IV. Spatial and Social Contexts ; 4.1 Architectural settings, Brenda Longfellow ; 4.2 Religious dedications, Matthew McCarty ; 4.3 Domestic displays, Elaine Gazda ; 4.4 Funerary monuments, Bjoern Ewald ; 4.5 Epigraphy and patronage, Steven L. Tuck ; 4.6 Imperial messages, Barbara Kellum ; 4.7 Non-elite patronage, Lauren Petersen ; 4.8 Gender, Eve D'Ambra and Francesca Tronchin ; V. Regions and Provinces ; 5.1 Northern Gaul, Germany, and Britain, Kimberly Cassibry ; 5.2 Hispaniae and Narbonensis, Alicia Jimenez and Isabel Roda ; 5.3 North Africa, Francois Baratte and Nathalie de Chaisemartin ; 5.4 Greece, Mary Sturgeon ; 5.5 Asia Minor, Diana Ng ; 5.6 Egypt, Christina Riggs ; 5.7 Near East, Thomas Weber ; VI. Viewing and Reception ; 6.1 Aesthetics and Latin Literary Reception, Michael Squire ; 6.2 Reception theory, Jennifer Trimble ; 6.3 Ancient analogs of museums, Josephine Shaya ; 6.4 Images of statues in other media, Eric Moormann ; 6.5 Human interactions with statues, Ellen Perry ; 6.6 Iconoclasm, Troels Myrup Kristensen ; Art Credits ; Index

"[The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture] is an essential resource for any scholar of antiquity. ... Its cutting-edge approach and content, along with its breadth of material, makes this a monograph that any scholar of Roman art should have on their shelves." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review "The handbook's editors and contributors...examine sculpture of the early Roman Republic to late antiquity (c. 500 BC to AD 500) in the capital city and throughout the empire. Chapters outline stylistic, iconographic, and technical analyses, explain how those methodologies are changing, and lay the groundwork on which students and scholars can build their own research. ... [W]ell-written.... Recommended." --CHOICE "...[T]his book is a welcome contribution to English language scholarship on Roman art. The editors have brought together an interesting mix of American and European scholars, both junior and senior, in a volume whose scope-chronologically, geographically, thematically, and methodologically-is very wide-ranging. ... [A] well produced, clearly written, and interestingly organized volume." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Selling point: Includes material from the early republican period through late antiquity Selling point: Considers sculpture in Rome and in regions dominated by the Roman Empire, including Italy, Gaul, Spain, the Northern European provinces, North Africa, Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, and the Near East Selling point: Emphasis on new technical, scientific, literary, and theoretical approaches to the study of Roman sculpture

Elise A. Friedland is Associate Professor of Classics and Art History at George Washington University. Melanie Grunow Sobocinski is an independent scholar. Elaine Gazda is Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology and Curator of Hellenistic and Roman Antiquities for the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan.

Selling point: Includes material from the early republican period through late antiquity Selling point: Considers sculpture in Rome and in regions dominated by the Roman Empire, including Italy, Gaul, Spain, the Northern European provinces, North Africa, Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, and the Near East Selling point: Emphasis on new technical, scientific, literary, and theoretical approaches to the study of Roman sculpture