CHILDREN IN THE VISUAL ARTS OF IMPERIAL ROME.
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS; Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: CAMBRIDGE
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 252
Description: "In official imperial art, Roman children are most often shown in depictions of peaceful public gatherings before the emperor, whereas non-Roman children appear only in scenes of submission, triumph, or violent military activity. Images of children, those images most fraught with potential in Roman art, underscore the contrast between Roman and non-Roman and as a group present a narrative of Roman identity. As Jeannine Diddle Uzzi argues in this study, the stark contrast between images of Roman and non-Roman children conveys the ruling elite's notions of what it meant to be Roman."--Jacket.