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Funerary portraiture in Greater Roman Syria

Blèomer, Michael, editor, Raja, Rubina, 1975- editor

Overview

\"This volume provides a unique survey of locally produced funerary representations from across regions of ancient Syria, exploring material ranging from reliefs and statues in the round, to busts, mosaics, and paintings in order to offer a new and holistic approach to our understanding of ancient funerary portraiture. Up to now, relatively little attention has been paid to the way in which local and regional production of material in this area formed part of a broader pattern of sculptural and iconographical development across the Roman Near East. By drawing on material from an area encompassing modern Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey, as well as Egypt and Achaia, the contributions in this book make it possible for the first time to take a wider perspective on the importance of funerary portraiture within Greater Roman Syria, and in doing so, to identify influences, connections, and iconographical analogies present throughout the region, as well as local differences, larger-scale boundaries, and ruptures in traditions that occurred across time and place\"--Back cover.

• Publisher: Brepols
• Subject: To 1500 / Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Syria. / Funeral rites and ceremonies Rome. / Sepulchral monuments Syria History To 1500. / Classical antiquities. / Funeral rites and ceremonies. / Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient. / Sepulchral monuments. / Syria Antiquities, Roman. / Rome (Empire) / Syria.
• ISBN: 9782503576336, 2503576338

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
NB1803.S95 F864 2019	1	BOOK	ARTS