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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Main Author: Birk, Stine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Aarhus : Aarhus Universitetsforlag, [2013]
Series:Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity ; 11.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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 and social memory
Physical Description:1 online resource (333 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index
ISBN:9788771244168
8771244166

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