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The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion

By: Riggs, Christina
Published By: Oxford University Press, UK

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This important new study looks at coffins, masks, shrouds, and tombs from the Roman Period in Egypt, when naturalistic Greek art forms, like portraits, were combined with traditional Egyptian art. The book presents more than 150 objects and tombs, many for the first time, and reveals how they created a 'beautiful burial' to glorify the dead in the changing cultural landscape of Roman Egypt. - ;This important new study looks at the intersection of Greek and Egyptian art forms in the funerary sphere of Roman Egypt. A discussion of artistic change, cultural identity, and religious belief foregrounds the detailed analysis of more than 150 objects and tombs, many of which are presented here for the first time. In addition to the information it provides about individual works of art, supported by catalogue entries, the study explores fundamental questions such as how artists

combine the iconographies and representational forms of different visual traditions, and why two distinct visual traditions were employed in Roman Egypt. - ;This study...takes a highly original approach and is important contribution to the topic...It is lavishly illustrated...an exciting reading with many original observations...this work is a tremendous importance for the study of the funerary art of Roman Egypt. - Jitse Dijkstra Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists;Invaluable...This study succeeds in placing the material in its rightful place as a fine example of what happens when three great artistic traditions meet and interact. - Judith Corbelli, Ancient Egypt;A pioneering study of the intersection of Greek and Egyptian art forms in the funerary sphere of Roman Egypt. - Times Literary Supplement;...impressive and richly documented... - David Frankfurter, Bryn Mawr Classical Review;The strength of this study is the detail and nuance of its discussion of the artistic material...a significant contribution. - Journal of Classics Teaching, Issue 12

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Price	$245.00
ISBN	0191534870
Published Date	1/5/2006
File Size	19113K
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