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RANUCCIO BIANCHI BANDINELLI's highly influential work on social class and STYLE revolutioned the study of ROMAN STATUARIA.
BIANCHI BANDINELLI demonstrates that imperial and aristocratic patrons FAVOUR a HIGHLY "artificial" style, dependent on a "maniera antica". The 'antico' is however a superficial veneer chosen by reactionary trendsetters (like AUGUSTO and ADRIANO), whose taste eventually lost out to its native (and provincial) counterparts.
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