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Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation

Living with Myths

The Imagery of Roman Sarcophagi

Ewald, Bjorn C. (Assistant Professor, Department of Art, University of Toronto) & Zanker, Paul (Professor of Ancient Art History, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)

Living with Myths

Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation

Living with Myths

The Imagery of Roman Sarcophagi

Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation: Living with Myths

 

A comprehensive introduction to Roman marble sarcophagi and the mythological reliefs which decorated them. The volume provides fascinating insight into the lives and attitudes of Romans during the 2nd to early 4th centuries CE, while numerous photographs enable the sarcophagi themselves to be appreciated as wonderful art objects in their own right.

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Beschrijving Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation: Living with Myths

Roman sarcophagi have fascinated posterity since the Middle Ages, largely because of their mythological reliefs. Living with Myths provides a comprehensive introduction to this important genre, exploring such subjects as the role of the mythological images in everyday life of the time, the messages they convey about the Romans' view of themselves, and the reception of the sarcophagi in later European art and art history. The volume is fully illustrated with high-quality photographs, which enable readers to appreciate the artistic quality of the reliefs and to explore for themselves the messages they convey. Together with the text, which includes analyses of specific sarcophagi, the pictures open up a panorama of Roman cultural history in the 2nd to the early 4th centuries CE.

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9780199228690
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440
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation
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680
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1
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Hardback
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Engels
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