Table of Contents

Introduction 1: Defining statues in word and image 2: The appearance of statues 3: Portrait statues and the statuesque 4: The other population of Rome 5: Statues in the Empire 6: Simulacra and signa 7: The private sphere 8: Touching statues Conclusions

About the Author

Peter Stewart is Lecturer in Classical Art and its Heritage, Courtauld Institute of Art, London.