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Author Elsner, Jas

Title Life, Death and Representation : Some New Work on Roman Sarcophagi
Published Berlin : De Gruyter, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (454 pages)
Series Millennium-Studien ; Bd. 29
Millennium-Studien ; Bd. 29.
Contents Frontmatter; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Before Sarcophagi; 2. Habent sua fata: Writing life histories of Roman Sarcophagi; 3. Tragedy's Forgotten Beauty: the Medieval Return of Orestes; 4. The Roman Sarcophagus 'Industry': a Reconsideration; 5. Multimethod Analyses of Roman Sarcophagi at the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome; 6. In the Guise of Gods and Heroes: Portrait Heads on Roman Mythological Sarcophagi; 7. Man or Woman? Cross-gendering and Individuality on Third Century Roman Sarcophagi
Summary The volume presents essays on different aspects of Roman sarcophagi. These varied approaches produce fresh€insights into a subject which has received increased interest in€ English-language scholarship, with a new awareness of the important contribution that sarcophagi can make to the study of the social use and production of Roman art. Metropolitan sarcophagi are the main focus of the volume, which will cover a wide time range from the first century AD to post classical periods (including early Christian sarcophagi and post-classical reception). Other papers will look at aspect
Analysis Roman Art
Roman Culture
Roman Society
Sarcophagi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Sarcophagi, Roman.
HISTORY / Ancient / Rome.
Sarcophagi, Roman
Form Electronic book
Author Huskinson, Janet
LC no. 2010028071
ISBN 9783110202137
3110202131
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9781283164795
9786613164797
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