Emperors in Images, Architecture, and Ritual
Augustus to Fausta
edited by Francesco de Angelis
Paperback (Published)
(December 2020)
ISBN: 9781948488648
5.98 x 8.98 inches
Price: $19.95
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This volume presents current research on Roman emperors’ uses of images, ranging from the beard of Nero to Antonine funeral pyres to the roles of arches in shaping urban landscapes. Chronologically, the volume covers the reigns of Augustus through Constantine, and it examines the use of imagery by empresses as well as emperors.
This volume presents current research on a variety of questions related to Roman emperors’ uses of images and architecture. Drawing mainly on sculpture, coinage, and architecture, the papers consider topics ranging from the beard of Nero to Antonine funeral pyres to the roles of arches in shaping urban landscapes. Chronologically, the volume covers the reigns of Augustus through Constantine, and it examines the use of imagery by empresses as well as emperors. The contributors are Fae Amiro, Steven Burges, Laura L. Garofalo, Evan Jewell, Lillian Joyce, Jacob A. Latham, and Rosa Maria Motta, Gretel Rodriguez.
Jacob A. Latham, Tensa or Triumphal Chariot? The Iconography of (Some) Empty Chariots on Roman Imperial Coins Evan Jewell, Fashioning an Imperial Aetas: Nero's Portrait, the Depositio Barbae, and the Iuvenalia Laura L. Garofalo, Sabine Retrospective: Stylistic Archaism in Flavian Imperial Portraiture Gretel Rodriguez, New Observations on the Three Arches of Benevento Lillian Joyce, In the Footsteps of Augustus: Hadrian and the Imperial Cult Fae Amiro, Sabina's "Plotina" Portrait Type Steven Burges, The Archaeology of Apotheosis: Roman Coinage, Funerary Pyres, and Imperial Cult Sites Rosa Maria Motta, Art Appropriation on the Coins of Fausta Flavia Maxima
- Edited by Francesco de Angelis
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