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Depicting the Dead : Self-Representation and Commemoration on Roman Sarcophagi with Portraits /

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
Main Author: Birk, Stine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Aarhus : Aarhus Universitetsforlag, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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