L. Bianchi’s scientific contributions

What is this page?


This page lists works of an author who doesn't have a ResearchGate profile or hasn't added the works to their profile yet. It is automatically generated from public (personal) data to further our legitimate goal of comprehensive and accurate scientific recordkeeping. If you are this author and want this page removed, please let us know.

Publications (1)


Portraits of Leptis Magna between III and IV century
  • Article

January 2005

·

18 Reads

L. Bianchi

The article deals with portraits from Leptis Magna dating from late- or post-Gallienic age to the second Tetrarchy. They constitute the latest substantial group of local portraits and still display a wide range of self-representation and stylistic models, related both to Rome and to the East or Egypt. Although the most have been reworked, technical devices reveal several workshops. One of them follows a conservative fashion, somewhat reminiscent of the Antonine-Severan tradition in soft, if simplified moulding and smoothness of facial surfaces, while hair and beards are coarsely rendered as ornamental patterns. Quality varies, and the standard is much more provincial than in the early and middle imperial periods; but despite a certain lack of precision, some of these portraits have a striking expression, well in keeping with the trends of the time.