1.   A portrait bust of a woman from Asia Minor, who arranged her hair like the Empress Faustina, proves that women were also honored for civic achievements.

2.   One form is the pedestal, column or plinth, in stone or plaster for portrait busts or certain sculpture.

3.   The portrait bust appears in the exhibit with gamma-radiographs that expose these restorations as well as the fact that the neck of the sculpture had been broken.

4.   Curtis notes that in the past some of the best artists were attracted to doing portrait busts, and the catalog analyzes the skills of different sculptors.