ISBN:
9780191802522 (e-book)
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 349 pages :
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illustrations.
Edition:
First edition.
Year of publication:
2015
DDC:
733.509376
Keywords:
Sarcophagi, Roman.
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Sarcophagi, Roman Appreciation.
;
Fluting (Architecture and decoration)
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Art and society
Abstract:
"This is the first full study of Roman strigillated sarcophagi, which are the largest group of decorated marble sarcophagi to survive in the city of Rome. Characterized by panels of carved fluting - hence the description 'strigillated', after the curved strigil used by Roman bathers to scrape off oil - and limited figure scenes, they were produced from the mid-second to the early fifth century AD, and thus cover a critical period in Rome, from empire to early Christianity. Roman Strigillated Sarcophagi focuses on their rich potential as an historical source for exploring the social and cultural life of the city in the later empire."
Note:
Introducing the questions --
,
Introducing the sarcophagi ;
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Production, Use, and Viewing.
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Making and acquiring strigillated sarcophagi --
,
Strigilated sarcophagi and their burial contexts --
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The decoration of strigillated sarcophagi --
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Viewing strigillated sarcophagi ;
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Representations.
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Representing Romans --
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Mythological imagery --
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Symbolic figures --
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Representing Christians and their beliefs --
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Strigillated sarcophagi and the Jewish community in Rome ;
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Reception.
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The reception of Roman strigillated sarcophagi: approaches to its study --
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The reuse of strigillated sarcophagi in historical context --
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Adopting the strigillated motif: some case studies.
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Contributor biographical information
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Table of contents only
URL:
Online available (Oxford Scholarship Online)
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