Depicting the Dead

Self-Representation and Commemoration on Roman Sarcophagi with Portraits

Auteurs

• Stine Birk

Paramètres

• 333 pages
• 12 heures de lecture

• Art / Culture

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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 and social memory.

Achat du livre

• Année de publication: 2013
• Reliure: (rigide)