Faces of Rome at Centrale Montemartini

The book presents the refined photographic research by Lugi Spina on the subject of ancient portraiture, carried out on the sculpture collection of the Capitoline Museums housed in the Centrale Montemartini in Rome which, counting over six hundred statues, is one of the most important collections in the world. 60 photographic prints depict 37 antique sculptures, covering a wide variety of types: Roman portraits from both the Republican and the Imperial periods. They are not, however, studied and classified according to style and chronological order: instead, the author has set them out according to a system of evocations and similarities between the assorted faces, which are identified after long observation and deep analysis, and revealed through the skilful use of light and shadow.