Roman strigillated sarcophagi : art and social history

1. Verfasser: Huskinson, Janet
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Ausgabe: First edition.
Umfang/Format: xv, 349 pages : illustrations.
ISBN: 9780191802522
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Parallelausgabe: Roman strigillated sarcophagi : art and social history. [Print]
Online-Zugang: Available online (Oxford Scholarship Online)
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Introducing the questions
  • 2. Introducing the sarcophagi ; Part I. Production, Use, and Viewing. 3. Making and acquiring strigillated sarcophagi
  • 4. Strigilated sarcophagi and their burial contexts
  • 5. The decoration of strigillated sarcophagi
  • 6. Viewing strigillated sarcophagi ; Part II. Representations. 7. Representing Romans
  • 8. Mythological imagery
  • 9. Symbolic figures
  • 10. Representing Christians and their beliefs
  • 11. Strigillated sarcophagi and the Jewish community in Rome ; Part III. Reception. 12. The reception of Roman strigillated sarcophagi: approaches to its study
  • 13. The reuse of strigillated sarcophagi in historical context
  • 14. Adopting the strigillated motif: some case studies.