Depicting the Dead

Depicting the Dead
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Download or read book Depicting the Dead written by Stine Birk and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how to read Roman sarcophagi, starting from those adorned with portraits and placing them within a social context; investigates gender values and childhood as reflected in the visual language of sarcophagus reliefs and shows how standardised iconography could be used to construct personal and social memory.


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