Life, Death and Representation: Some New Work on Roman Sarcophagi

Jas Elsner, Janet Huskinson

Walter de Gruyter, Dec 15, 2010 - History - 454 pages

This volumepresents acollection of essays on different aspects of Roman sarcophagi. These varied approaches will produce fresh insights into a subject which is receiving increased interest in English-language scholarship, with a new awareness of the important contribution that sarcophagi can make to the study of the social use and production of Roman art. The book will therefore be a timely addition to existing literature. Metropolitan sarcophagi are the main focus of the volume, which will cover a wide time range from the first century AD to post classical periods (including early Christian sarcophagi and post-classical reception). Other papers will look at aspects of viewing and representation, iconography, and marble analysis. There will be an Introduction written by the co-editors.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• 1 Before Sarcophagi: 21
• Writing life histories of Roman Sarcophagi: 55
• the Medieval Return of Orestes: 83
• a Reconsideration: 119
• 5 Multimethod Analyses of Roman Sarcophagi at the Museo Nazionale Romano Rome: 149
• Portrait Heads on Roman Mythological Sarcophagi: 189
• 7 Man or Woman? Crossgendering and Individuality on Third Century Roman Sarcophagi: 229
• Notes on an Attic Hippolytos Sarcophagus in Agrigento: 261
• 9 Image in Distress? The death of Meleager on Roman sarcophagi: 309
• Agency Identity and the Bethesda Sarcophagus of Bassa: 337
• Reflections on Jesus Trial: 359
• 12 Houses of the dead? Columnar sarcophagi as microarchitecture: 387
• Backmatter: 437

About the author

Jas Elsner, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK;Janet Huskinson, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Life, Death and Representation: Some New Work on Roman Sarcophagi; Volume 29 of Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies
• Editors: Jas Elsner, Janet Huskinson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter, 2010
• ISBN: 3110216787, 9783110216783
• Length: 454 pages
• Subjects: Art / History / Ancient & Classical; History / Ancient / General; History / Ancient / Rome; Social Science / Archaeology