Depicting the Dead

Depicting the Dead Self-representation and Commemoration on Roman Sarcophagi with Portraits

Stine Birk2013
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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