Last Statues of Antiquity

The Last Statues of Antiquity project (University of Oxford, R.R.R. Smith and Bryan Ward-Perkins) investigates all evidence for new statuary of the period circa 280–650 AD, as well as the slow decline (and eventual death) of the ancient statue-habit. The searchable database of the published evidence for statuary and inscribed statue bases set up after AD 284, that were new, newly dedicated, or newly re-worked, was completed and made public in May 2012 (with only some minor revisions thereafter). The book Last Statues of Antiquity has been published, too (available in the AAR Library).