Table of Contents

1 Introduction Anne Hrychuk Kontokosta and Peter D. De Staebler
2 The Statues on the Propylon of the Sebasteion Complex at Aphrodisias: "Grounding" and the Interpretation of Archaeological Context Julia Lenaghan
3 Grounding the Ny Carlsberg Vespasian: Analysis and Alternatives Steven L. Tuck
4 The Bronze Captive in the Rhone River and Roman Art History Kimberly Cassibry
5 The Sleeping Hermaphrodite: Reception and Interpretation in Three Eras Elizabeth McGowan
6 The "Lansdowne Homer": A Neo-Attic Relief Depicting the Seer Calchas Grounded in Ancient and Modern Collections Kenneth Lapatin
7 Provenance, Historic Restorations, and the "Perseus Triumphant" Statue Type: An Overlooked Group of Heroic Hunter Portrait Statues from Imperial Rome Mark B. Abbe
8 Investigating the Ungrounded: The Paired Portrait Busts of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna in the Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University Julie Van Voorhis and Mark B. Abbe
9 The Farnese Hercules and Hercules within Roman Baths Maryl B. Gensheimer
10 Body/Culture: Display and Reception of the Farnese Hercules Marice Rose
11 Roman Sarcophagi in Context from the Catacomb of Praetextatus Sarah Madole Lewis
12 Lions at the Door: Ancient Context, Reuse, and Recreation on Italian Romanesque Facades Steve Burges
13 Eros and the Army (Constantinople and Context) Benjamin Anderson
14 Virtual Context for Roman Sculpture Sebastian Heath
15 Further Reflections on Groundedness Elizabeth Marlowe
Contributors

About the Author

Peter D. De Staebler is assistant professor in the History of Art and Design Department, Pratt Institute. Anne Hrychuk Kontokosta is assistant professor/faculty fellow of Roman art and architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.