Depicting the dead : self-representation and commemoration on Roman sarcophagi with portraits /

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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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Birk, Stine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Aarhus : Aarhus Universitetsforlag, [2013]
Series:Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity ; 11.
Subjects:
Sarcophagi, Roman > Portraits > History.
Portrait sculpture, Roman > History.
Portrait sculpture, Roman > Catalogs.
Sarcophages romains > Portraits.
Sculpture de portraits romaine > Histoire.
Sculpture de portraits romaine > Catalogues.
Portrait sculpture, Roman.
Sarcophagi, Roman.
Catalogs.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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