Roman strigillated sarcophagi : art and social history / Janet Huskinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huskinson, Janet, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sarcophagi, Roman--Appreciation--Rome.

Sarcophagi, Roman.

Sarcophagi, Roman--Rome.

Fluting (Architecture and decoration).

Art and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), tables

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume provides a full study of Roman strigillated sarcophagi, which are the largest group of decorated marble sarcophagi to survive in the city of Rome. Characterised by panels of carved fluting, resembling 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. This study focuses on their rich potential as a historical source for exploring the social and cultural life of the city in the later empire.

Contents:

Title Pages

Preface

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Note to the Reader

1 Introducing the Questions

2 Introducing the Sarcophagi

PART I Production, Use, and Viewing

3 Making and Acquiring Strigillated Sarcophagi

4 Strigillated 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

13 The Reuse of Strigillated Sarcophagi

14 Adopting the Strigillated Motif

Conclusion

Appendix

Glossary

List of References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 3, 2015).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780191802522

0-19-180252-2