ISBN:
9781938770067 (pbk.) :
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xxv, 203 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
,
llustrations (some color), maps, plans ;
,
24 cm.
Erscheinungsjahr:
2016
Serie:
UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press Monographs 82
Serie:
Monograph (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA) ;
Schlagwort(e):
Sacred space
;
Religious articles
;
Art and religion
;
Cults
Kurzfassung:
"This festschrift honors UCLA professor emerita Susan Downey and her meticulous scholarship on religious architecture and imagery in the Roman/Hellenistic world. The iconography of gods and goddesses, the analysis of sacred imagery in the context of ancient cult practices, and the design and decoration of sacred spaces are the main themes of the book. Authors examine such subjects as painting from Dura-Europos, Hellenistic sculpture at Saqqara in Egypt, Roman cameo glass, Pompeian fresco, and aspects of Venus in portrait sculpture. The essays on Dura-Europos are especially valuable in light of the present turmoil in the region.Professor Downey's influence shines through in these discussions, which echo her mentorship of several generations of art history and archaeology students and recognize her scholarly achievements. The broad temporal and geographic parameters of the volume are expansive, and the juxtaposition of images and analyses leads to surprising new conclusions" -- Provided by publisher
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
From Heracles to Zeus Megistos : Susan Downey's academic contributions / Maura K. Heyn and Ann Irvine Steinsapir -- Menerva on the couch : a votive figurine from Cerveteri of unusual iconography / Helen (Ili) Nagy -- A new interpretation of the Mounted Hunters in the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos / Lucinda Dirven -- Revisiting the "Temple of Bel" at Dura-Europos : a note on the fragmentary fresco from the Naos / Ted Kaizer -- Ariadne transformed in Pompeii's House of Fabius Rufus / Lillian B. Joyce -- The importance of being Venus / Eve D'Ambra -- A portrait of a bearded man flanked by Isis and Serapis / Mary Louise Hart -- A Deuteronomic theme and second sophistic rhetoric in the Dura-Europos Synagogue paintings / May Oppenheim Talbot -- The religious iconography of Roman cameo glass / Karol B. Wight -- Pharaohs putting some skene in the game : the Hellenistic sculptural program of the Sarapieion at Saqqara and the Ptolemaic Crown / Shanna Kennedy-Quigley -- The Sanctuary of Artemis Leukophryene as an expression of conflicted civic Identity / Amanda Herring -- Recent discoveries concerning religious life in Europos-Dura / Pierre Leriche.
Anmerkung:
"An edited volume featuring papers written by former students and colleagues of Susan B. Downey on the occasion of her retirement."
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"This volume is dedicated to Dr. Susan B. Downey emerita Department of Art History University of California at Los Angeles."--Page v.
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