Death and the emperor : Roman imperial funerary monuments, from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius / Penelope J.E. Davies
2004, 1st edition. Austin : University of Texas Press. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Item #384306
ISBN: 0292702752
Physical description; xiv, 265 pp., illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1 The Monuments 13 -- 2 An Image of Things Achieved 49 -- 3 An Imperial Cosmos: The Creation of Eternity 75 -- 4 Fire, Fertility, Fiction: The Role of the Empress 102 -- 5 The Dynamics of Form 120 -- 6 The Power of Place 136. Subjects; Kaiser. Geschichte 14-180. Sculpture, Roman Italy Rome. Relief (Sculpture). Emperors Monuments. Sepulchral monuments. Political aspects. Trajan's Column. Ara Pacis.
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