A Catalogue Of The Ancient Sculptures Preserved In The Municipal Collections Of Rome Volume 1

Author : British School at Rome
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330326596
Total Pages : 433 pages
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Download or read book A Catalogue of the Ancient Sculptures Preserved in the Municipal Collections of Rome written by British School at Rome and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Ancient Sculptures Preserved in the Municipal Collections of Rome The present volume is the first instalment of a work projected in the second year of my Directorship of the British School at Rome (1904-5). The recent appearance of the first volume of Dr. Amelung's Catalogue of the Vatican Sculptures suggested to me that the energies of the British School might be profitably employed in the preparation of a work on similar lines, dealing with the Municipal Collections of Ancient Sculpture. With the approval of the Committee, I entered into negotiations with the Municipality of Rome; the matter was referred to the Commissione Archeologica Comunale, which reported in favour of the scheme; and on Jan. 18, 1905, I received a communication from the acting Syndic, stating that my proposals had been accepted, and that the Archaeological Commission would nominate one of its members, whose duty it should be to render assistance to the members of the School engaged in the preparation of the Catalogue. The Commission nominated Prof. Lucio Mariani, whose services have been readily rendered when any difficulty arose, and are here gratefully acknowledged. The authorities of the Museums have placed every facility at the disposal of the School and thus lightened the difficulty of the task, and the staff have given ready help; our thanks are especially due to Cav. Smith. In the season 1904-5 some progress was made with the work in the Museo Capitolino, the Roman portraits being specially studied by Mr. A. J. B. Wace and the Greek portraits by myself; Mr. A. H. S. Yeames also gave valuable help both then and later (as Assistant-Director). The statues in the Salone and Stanza del Gladiatore were described by Prof. Percy Gardner, who spent some time in Rome in the spring of 1906. There still, however, remained a large number of monuments to be described, and this work was carried out by Mr. A. M. Daniel as Assistant-Director (1906-7), who was throughout assisted by Mrs. Daniel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.