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Roman strigillated sarcophagi : art and social history /

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This is the first full study of Roman strigillated sarcophagi, which are the largest group of decorated marble sarcophagi to survive in the city of Rome. Characterized by panels of carved fluting, hence the description 'strigillated', after the curved strigil used by Roman bathers to scrap...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huskinson, Janet (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sarcophagi, Roman.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introducing the questions
  • 2. Introducing the sarcophagi ; Part I. Production, Use, and Viewing. 3. Making and acquiring strigillated sarcophagi
  • 4. Strigilated 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: approaches to its study
  • 13. The reuse of strigillated sarcophagi in historical context
  • 14. Adopting the strigillated motif: some case studies.