The Afterlife of Roman Sculpture II
The Afterlife of Roman Sculpture II: Late Antique Response and Reception
International Seminar
Department of Classical Archaeology, Aarhus University
Friday 25 March 2011
In 2008, Aarhus University hosted a seminar on “The Afterlife of Roman Sculpture: Late Antique Perceptions and Practices” that aimed to look at the variety of late antique perceptions of statuary, focusing on a few select regional case studies – from Alexandria in the east to Britain in the north – , and such diverse phenomena as collecting, deposition and destruction.
In 2011, a follow-up seminar “The Afterlife of Roman Sculpture II: Late Antique Response and Reception” was organized as an opportunity for both senior and junior scholars to arrive at a broader understanding of the fate of Graeco-Roman statuary during the period between the fourth and the seventh centuries AD. By integrating both textual and archaeological approaches, as well as empirical and theoretical methodologies, the papers provided a rich and multifaceted picture of the changes in the sculptural landscape of the period. The seminar was generously funded by the Danish Research Council. Additional funding was provided by the Institute of Anthropology, Archaeology, and Linguistics, AU, and the Canada Research Chair in Roman Archaeology.
The seminar consisted of two keynote papers by Prof. John Pollini (USC, Los Angeles) and Prof. Franz Alto Bauer (LMU, Munich), as well as papers by Donald White (Pennsylvania), Beth Munro (Manitoba), Phil Kiernan (Buffalo), Nadin Burkhardt (Frankfurt), Ine Jacobs (Leuven), Benjamin Anderson (Bryn Mawr), and Paolo Liverani (Florence). Troels Myrup Kristensen (Aarhus) introduced the seminar, and Lea Stirling (Manitoba) gave the concluding remarks. (Full programme here).
All photos by Niels Bargfeldt.
Troels Myrup Kristensen introducing the seminar.
Franz Alto Bauer giving his keynote paper “Late Antique Statues and Their Literary Afterlife.”
John Pollini giving his keynote paper “The Archaeology of Destruction.”
John Pollini in discussion.
Donald White giving his paper “Walled-Up Statues.”
Donald White in discussion.
Beth Munro giving her paper “Exploring the Relationship between Lime Kilns and Sculptural Findspots in the Abandonment Phases at Roman Villas.”
Phil Kiernan giving his paper “The Afterlife of Roman Sculpture in Gaul and the Rhineland.”
Nadin Burkhardt giving her paper “Sculpture in the Urban Space of Late Antique Athens.”
Ine Jacobs giving her paper “Old habits die hard.”
Benjamin Anderson giving his paper “The Disappearing Imperial Statue.”