Death and the emperor : Roman imperial funerary monuments, from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius / Penelope J.E. Davies.

Main entry:

Davies, Penelope J. E., 1964-

Title & Author:

Death and the emperor : Roman imperial funerary monuments, from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius / Penelope J.E. Davies.

Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Description:

xiv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-253) and index.
The Monuments -- An Image of Things Achieved -- An Imperial Cosmos: The Creation of Eternity -- Fire, Fertility, Fiction: The Role of the Empress -- The Dynamics of Form -- The Power of Place.

Summary:

"This book is the first comprehensive study of funerary monuments built for the Roman emperors as a genre. These monuments, which include the Mausoleum of Augustus, Trajan's Column, and the Column of Marcus Aurelius, are among the best known and most extensively excavated and documented structures of Roman antiquity. Because of their diversity of forms and decorative programs, however, they have been examined in isolation from one another and from a limited number of perspectives. In this study, Penelope J.E. Davies examines these commemorative arches, obelisks, and other types of architecture with a view to determining the political or ritual motivations behind their designs.
She demonstrates that these monuments served a dual role, as memorials to the dead and as accession monuments that would guarantee dynastic continuity for the monarchy on the precarious occasion of the emperor's death."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Klappentext

ISBN:

0521632366 (hb)
9780521632362 (hb)
0292702752
9780292702752

Subject:

Kaiser, ...
Sculpture, Roman Italy Rome.
Relief (Sculpture), Roman Italy Rome.
Emperors Monuments Italy Rome.
Sepulchral monuments Political aspects Italy Rome.
Sculpture romaine Italie Rome.
Relief (Sculpture) romain Italie Rome.
Empereurs Monuments Italie Rome.
Monuments funéraires Aspect politique Italie Rome.
Buildings.
Relief (Sculpture), Roman.
Sculpture, Roman.
Grabmal
Ehrenmal
Kaiser
Grafmonumenten.
Bouwkunst.
Reliëfs.
Keizers.
Romeinse oudheid.
Emperors Rome Monuments Italy.
Relief (Sculpture) Rome.
Sculpture romaine Italie.
Relief (sculpture) roman Italie Rome (Italie)
Sculpture romane Italie Rome (Italie)
Architecture Italie Rome (Italie)
Sculpture italienne.
Empereurs Monuments Rome Rome.
Constructions Italie Rome Histoire.
Geschichte 14-180.
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Rome (Italie) Constructions.
Italy Rome.
Römisches Reich
Rome (Italy) Sepulchral monuments.
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc. To 476.
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212542
Call No.: NB1875 .D3 2000
Status: Available

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