Icon, Cult, and Context: Sacred Spaces and Objects in the Classical World - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1938770064 ISBN 13 : 9781938770067

Editeur : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, 2016

Synopsis

This festschrift honors UCLA professor emerita Susan Downey and her meticulous scholarship on religious architecture and imagery in the Roman/Hellenistic world. The iconography of gods and goddesses, the analysis of sacred imagery in the context of ancient cult practices, and the design and decoration of sacred spaces are the main themes of the book. Authors examine such subjects as painting from Dura-Europos, Hellenistic sculpture at Saqqara in Egypt, Roman cameo glass, Pompeian fresco, and aspects of Venus in portrait sculpture. The essays on Dura-Europos are especially valuable in light of the present turmoil in the region. Professor Downey's influence shines through in these discussions, which echo her mentorship of several generations of art history and archaeology students and recognize her scholarly achievements. The broad temporal and geographic parameters of the volume are expansive, and the juxtaposition of images and analyses leads to surprising new conclusions.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Maura K. Heyn is an associate professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Ann Irvine Steinsapir is a visiting assistant professor at Pepperdine University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1938770064
• ISBN 13: 9781938770067
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Heyn Maura K., Steinsapir Ann Irvine
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne