Cargando…

The beautiful burial in Roman Egypt : art, identity, and funerary religion /

This important new study looks at coffins, masks, shrouds, and tombs from the Roman Period in Egypt, when naturalistic Greek art forms, like portraits, were combined with traditional Egyptian art. The book presents more than 150 objects and tombs, many for the first time, and reveals how they create...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Riggs, Christina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Colección:Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This important new study looks at coffins, masks, shrouds, and tombs from the Roman Period in Egypt, when naturalistic Greek art forms, like portraits, were combined with traditional Egyptian art. The book presents more than 150 objects and tombs, many for the first time, and reveals how they created a 'beautiful burial' to glorify the dead in the changing cultural landscape of Roman Egypt. - ;This important new study looks at the intersection of Greek and Egyptian art forms in the funerary sphere of Roman Egypt. A discussion of artistic change, cultural identity, and religious belief foregrou.
Notas:Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford University.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxi, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-321) and index.
ISBN:9781429430906
1429430907
019927665X
9780199276653
9780191534874
0191534870
1280758163
9781280758164