What did the Sarcophagus of Symmachus look like? Late Antique Pagan Sarcophagi /
"This book concerns the chronology of Roman mythological sarcophagi. The traditional chronology assumes a peak in production during the reign of Gallienus (AD 259-268) that fades away in the reign of Constantine. This chronology has some obvious flaws. The supposed peak under the reign of Galli...
Clasificación: | NB133.5.S46 |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aarhus :
Aarhus University Press,
2019.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Colophon
- Contents
- Introduction
- The revival of mythological sculpture
- The question of pagan sarcophagi in Late Antiquity
- The City of Rome
- Luxury crafts
- The Getty sarcophagus in the context of Late Antique mythological sculpture
- Mythological marble sculpture of Late Antiquity
- an overview
- Muse sarcophagi
- Dionysian/Season sarcophagi
- Sarcophagi with Nereids and sea centaurs
- Sarcophagi with mythological themes
- Hunting sarcophagi
- Chronology
- the end of production
- Postscript
- Bibliography
- Credit of photographs