Baker, Malcolm, 1945-, The marble index , [2014]
- Title(s):
- The marble index : Roubiliac and sculptural portraiture in eighteenth-century Britain / Malcolm Baker.
- Published/Created:
- New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, [2014]
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 418 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryNB466 .B355 2014 (LC) OversizeAccessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12343713
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [378]-394) and index.
- Subject Terms:
- Portrait sculpture, British -- 18th century.Roubiliac, Louis François, 1702–1762 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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- Introduction: addressing the sculptural portrait
- The place of sculptural portraiture
- Sculptural conventions and meaning
- Setting up the head and the statue
- Making images
- A portrait sculptor, his sitters and his viewers: Roubiliac and his career
- Celebrating the illustrious
- Groups, networks and connections
- Contemporary heads.