Depicting the Dead
Subtitle: Self-Representation and Commemoration on Roman Sarcophagi with Portraits
Publisher: Aarhus University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9788771240184
Subjects: Sarcophagi
Description: 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.