Introduction: Negotiating identity on sarcophagi -- Images for contemplation -- Exempla Virtutis: Portraits and self-representation on sarcophagi -- Visualising gender -- Filiae Innocentissimae, Filio Dulcissimo: Commemorating children -- Retrospect
Summary
Explores how to read Roman sarcophagi, starting from those adorned with portraits and placing them within a social context; investigates gender values and childhood as reflected in the visual language of sarcophagus reliefs and shows how standardised iconography could be used to construct personal and social memory
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index
