Full Description
The essays in New Studies on the Portrait of Caligula in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts address art historical, historical, cultural and museological issues raised by one of two surviving intact statues of the Roman emperor Caligula (r. 37-41 C.E.). Contributions focus on the creation of a 3D-digital model of the statue and the search for traces of its original polychromy; the history of the statue from its creation to the present, including its rediscovery at a Julio-Claudian sanctuary at Bovillae; aspects of Caligula's literary and visual portrayal in antiquity and modern historiography (including questions concerning the destruction of his portraits and the implications of Jewish sources for the study of Caligula); and the emperor's image in popular culture.
Contents
Preface
Michael R. Taylor
List of Plates and Figures
Plates
1 Introduction
Peter Schertz
2 Introduction with Remarks on the Methodological Implications of the Digital Restoration of the Richmond Caligula
Bernard Frischer
3 The Togatus Statue of Caligula in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: an Archaeological Description
Mark Abbe
4 Discovery and Modern History of the Richmond Caligula
Maria Grazia Picozzi
5 Caligula: Notes and a Hypothesis about the Ancient Context
Paolo Liverani
6 Reflections on the Typology and Context of the Richmond Caligula
Jan Stubbe Østergaard
7 Beyond Damnatio Memoriae: Memory Sanctions, Caligula's Portraits and the Richmond Togatus
Eric R. Varner
8 The Image of Caligula: Myth and Reality
John Pollini
9 On the Reputation of Little-Boots
Vasily Rudich
10 Caligula and the Jews: Some Historiographic Reflections Occasioned by Gaius in Polychrome
Steven Fine
11 Caligula Now: Displaying Caligula to a 21st-Century Audience
Peter Schertz
Epilogue: VMFA's New Display of Caligula
Peter Schertz
Appendix A: Technical Notes on the Conservation Treatment of the VMFA's Marble Sculpture of Caligula
Amy F. Byrne
Appendix B: Letter to Amy Byrne on the Isotopic Analysis of the Marble of the Head and Torso of the Richmond Caligula
(April 29, 2013)
Scott Pike
Appendix C: Publication History
Prepared by Mark Abbe
General Index
