Roman marble statues and reliefs in museums around the world: in McCullin’s accompanying words, ‘their broken beauty doesn’t take away from their impact; here is all the power and the glory of the Roman world at its most narcissistic and idealised’.
The Roman Conceit
(photographs)
ÂŁ80.00
Edition:Hardback978191542354203/02/2025From a Bookshelf nearby
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